his ordinary diet. Although children generally recover
rapidly, yet there are times when much debility ensues and
the general health becomes impaired, although the fever has-
quite left. Such children as are in bad health are liable to
lumps or glandular swellings of the neck and under the jaws,
or they may remain weak for a long time. In these cases
chemical food may be given with advantage; Parrish's Syrup
is another name for this. It may be given in doses of five to
ten drops three times a day in a little water to children two
or three years old. Fellows' syrup of the hypophosphites is
a very useful preparation in such cases, and may be given in
doses of five drops largely diluted with water, three times a
day, immediately after food. The following mixture is useful:
Steel drops, one drachm; solution of chloride of calcium,
three drachms; glycerine, half an ounce; water to make four
ounces. A teaspoonful for a child from three to five years
old in water three times a day. A visit to the seaside is
very beneficial.
Prickly Heat. — Treatment. Take two teaspoon fuls of
cream tartar, and pour on it one pint of boiling water,
sweeten to taste✪ Cream Tartar Drink, drink frequently unless it acts upon the
bowels; in that case take less.
Ringworm. This disease is caused by the growth in the
skin of a low form of vegetable life allied to ordinary mold.
When some of the scales of a hair affected with ringworm are
placed in liquid, and magnified about 300 times, we can then
very readily see the spores or seeds, and the mycelium or thread
of the fungus.
Ringworm of the scalp shows itself as a dry, scurfy or scaly
condition of some portion of the scalp, generally in separate
patches more or less circular, on which the hairs are broken
off, and the surface presents a dirty appearance, with some
redness beneath.
On the face, body or li?nbs the disease appears in the form of
336 Diseases of Infancy and Childhood
rings of various sizes, generally pretty round, and of a
reddish color; they commence as minute points, and increase
in size pretty rapidly, healing in the center as the disease
progresses centrifugally. As this disease is contagious,
children suffering from it should not go to school or play
with others till they are cured.
Treatment. — Amongst the popular remedies used in the
treatment of this disease are ink and vinegar. The strong
acetic acid is a useful preparation. It should be used once
and well rubbed in. The liniment of iodine is a most use-
ful preparation. It should be applied by means of a camel's
hair brush or feather, and may be repeated in a few days if
necessary. Great cleanliness is necessary in this affection,
and if the disease is situated on the scalp, the hair must be
cut away for some little distance round the diseased patch
before applying the remedy.
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his ordinary diet. Although children generally recover rapidly, yet there are times when much debility ensues and the general health becomes impaired, although the fever has quite left. Such children as are in bad health are liable to lumps or glandular swellings of the neck and under the jaws, or they may remain weak for a long time. In these cases chemical food may be given with advantage; Parrish's Syrup is another name for this. It may be given in doses of five to ten drops three times a day in a little water to children two or three years old. Fellows' syrup of the hypophosphites is a very useful preparation in such cases, and may be given in doses of five drops largely diluted with water, three times a day, immediately after food. The following mixture is useful: Steel drops, one drachm; solution of chloride of calcium, three drachms; glycerine, half an ounce; water to make four ounces. A teaspoonful for a child from three to five years old in water three times a day. A visit to the seaside is very beneficial.
Prickly Heat. — Treatment. Take two teaspoon fuls of
cream tartar, and pour on it one pint of boiling water,
sweeten to taste, drink frequently unless it acts upon the bowels; in that case take less.
Ringworm. This disease is caused by the growth in the skin of a low form of vegetable life allied to ordinary mold. When some of the scales of a hair affected with ringworm are placed in liquid, and magnified about 300 times, we can then very readily see the spores or seeds, and the mycelium or thread of the fungus.
Ringworm of the scalp shows itself as a dry, scurfy or scaly condition of some portion of the scalp, generally in separate patches more or less circular, on which the hairs are broken off, and the surface presents a dirty appearance, with some redness beneath.
On the face, body or limbs the disease appears in the form of
336 Diseases of Infancy and Childhood
rings of various sizes, generally pretty round, and of a reddish color; they commence as minute points, and increase in size pretty rapidly, healing in the center as the disease progresses centrifugally. As this disease is contagious, children suffering from it should not go to school or play with others till they are cured.
Treatment. — Amongst the popular remedies used in the treatment of this disease are ink and vinegar. The strong acetic acid is a useful preparation. It should be used once and well rubbed in. The liniment of iodine is a most useful preparation. It should be applied by means of a camel's hair brush or feather, and may be repeated in a few days if necessary. Great cleanliness is necessary in this affection, and if the disease is situated on the scalp, the hair must be cut away for some little distance round the diseased patch before applying the remedy.
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