6. "Now," said Squeers, giving the desk a great rap with his cane, which made half the little boys nearly jump out of their boots, "is that Physicking over?"
"McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader"
William Holmes McGuffey
If a babe's bowels be either regular or relaxed, lump sugar is the best for the purpose of sweetening his food; if his bowels are inclined to be costive, raw sugar ought to be substituted for lump sugar, as raw sugar acts on a young babe as an aperient, and, in the generality of cases, is far preferable to Physicking him with opening medicine.
"Advice to a Mother on the Management of her Children"
Pye Henry Chavasse
I have here a word or two to say to a mother who is always Physicking her family.
"Advice to a Mother on the Management of her Children"
Pye Henry Chavasse