using, and tiiat the water for kettles and water for soup and cook- ing is token from the filter. Tlie filter itself will need cleaning out and renewal from time to time. Visit your cook-house and khit- mutgdrs washing-up places daily. Provide a ghm-ra of whitewash, and have it used frequently about drains, &c. This applies to bath- rooms also. Avoid e.xposure to sun, chills, and fatigue, raw vege- tables, melons and unripe fruit, coffee, and spirituous liquors. Wine, if token at all, take sparingly. A few drops of Rubini’s camphor can be taken occasionally on sugar. Have by you a bottle of sulphureous acid mixture. (See Simple Remedies.) If choleraic symptoms set in, it must he given at once, and the doctor sent for. Have Brand’s Essence of Beef or Chicken in the house, and give it in the intervals of vomiting, whether retained or not, as some may be absorbed. Have jugged chicken or beef soup got in readiness at once, and give teaspoonfuls of it in intervals of five minutes, whether vomiting goes on or not. Have a few bottles of champagne in readi- ness for an emergency. Cleanliness, ventilation, and temperance in all things must be borne in mind, and every endeavour should be made to limit the possibility of contagion as much as possible. M’ashing should be scrupulously done at home, and a careful eye kept on food supplies. It may be mentioned that quite recently a new treatment by a salt called mlol has, in the writer’s personal experience, proved most successful. The inoculation system is as yet on its trial. Colic or Violent Pain in the Bowels. — If there is no fever, it is most likely wind. Give a dose of omuni or ujwain water. No. 5, or a teaspoon of ground ginger and a little sugar mixed with a tumbler of hot water. A few drops of chlorodyne may be added. Give a do.se of castor oil when the pain has abated. If there is fever and constipation with great tenderness, put on a linseed poultice, give a full dose of opium, and send for a doctor sharp. Constipation. — Give kula ddna mixture, or, to children, castor oil. hor habitual constipation give aloes. In obstinate constipation try repeated enemas of soap and water. *1. ®o?,'’’^}sions.— Put at once in a hot hath, give castor oil, and if e child IS teething, lance the gums. In adults, put cold water to the liead, mustard plasters to the calves of the legs, and give a stiong purgative^ or^ if unable to swallow, give the medicine bv enema. Coughs, Bronchitis, &c. — Put on linseed and mustard poultices mil quarter or half-grain doses of ipecacuanha mixed with ’ little sugar. Or give recipe No. (5. Inhale hot water to whi unegar has been added, and if the breathing is difficult turpentine stupes. ^ a i8o The Complete Indian Croup. — Give emetic doses of ipecacuanha, and put the patient in a hot hatli ; hut keep tlie head cool, and do not stifle the child with heat. Diarrhoea. — Give No. 5, with a few drops of chlorodyne. Then c.astor oil. In chronic cases, diet and mild remedies, such as bad sherbet and pomegranate hark, are best.

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using, and that the water for kettles and water for soup and cooking is taken from the filter. Tlie filter itself will need cleaning out and renewal from time to time. Visit your cook-house and khitmutgdrs washing-up places daily. Provide a ghat-ra of whitewash, and have it used frequently about drains, &c. This applies to bathrooms also. Avoid exposure to sun, chills, and fatigue, raw vegetables, melons and unripe fruit, coffee, and spirituous liquors. Wine, if taken at all, take sparingly. A few drops of Rubini’s camphor can be taken occasionally on sugar. Have by you a bottle of sulphureous acid mixture. (See Simple Remedies.) If choleraic symptoms set in, it must he given at once, and the doctor sent for. Have Brand’s Essence of Beef or Chicken in the house, and give it in the intervals of vomiting, whether retained or not, as some may be absorbed. Have jugged chicken or beef soup got in readiness at once, and give teaspoonfuls of it in intervals of five minutes, whether vomiting goes on or not. Have a few bottles of champagne in readiness for an emergency. Cleanliness, ventilation, and temperance in all things must be borne in mind, and every endeavour should be made to limit the possibility of contagion as much as possible. Washing should be scrupulously done at home, and a careful eye kept on food supplies. It may be mentioned that quite recently a new treatment by a salt called mol has, in the writer's personal experience, proved most successful. The inoculation system is as yet on its trial. Colic or Violent Pain in the Bowels. — If there is no fever, it is most likely wind. Give a dose of omum or ujwain water. No. 5, or a teaspoon of ground ginger and a little sugar mixed with a tumbler of hot water. A few drops of chlorodyne may be added. Give a do.se of castor oil when the pain has abated. If there is fever and constipation with great tenderness, put on a linseed poultice, give a full dose of opium, and send for a doctor sharp. Constipation. — Give kula daena mixture, or, to children, castor oil. hor habitual constipation give aloes. In obstinate constipation try repeated enemas of soap and water. Convulsions. — Put at once in a hot bath, give castor oil, and if a child is teething, lance the gums. In adults, put cold water to the liead, mustard plasters to the calves of the legs, and give a stiong purgative^ or^ if unable to swallow, give the medicine bv enema. Coughs, Bronchitis, &c. — Put on linseed and mustard poultices and quarter or half-grain doses of ipecacuanha mixed with a little sugar. Or give recipe No. 6. Inhale hot water to which vinegar has been added, and if the breathing is difficult use turpentine stupes. a i8o The Complete Indian Croup. — Give emetic doses of ipecacuanha, and put the patient in a hot hatli ; hut keep tlie head cool, and do not stifle the child with heat. Diarrhoea. — Give No. 5, with a few drops of chlorodyne. Then c.astor oil. In chronic cases, diet and mild remedies, such as bad sherbet and pomegranate hark, are best.

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