food should be taken under six weeks or two months, because, in consequence of the-ulceration of the bowels, the coats are very thin and liable to burst. Absolutely nothing should be given to the patient beyond what has been ordered by the medical attendant. Milk must form the main article of diet, and then an egg or two may be beaten up in it, or a custard may be given, and beef-tea. If there is much dis- tension of the bowels, hot flannels sprinkled with turpentine will be useful. Teething. The period of teething is one which is looked upon by many mothers with dread. Owing to the greater irritability of the system usually found to exist at this time, there are diseases which are more liable to attack the child; and in order that everything may be done on the mother's part to guard against these, it will be well that she should be made familiar with the usual time of appearance of the teeth, and with a few hints that may be of service in maintain- ing the health of the child during this period. The first, or temporary, teeth, generally begin to make their appearance between the fifth and eighth month, in the following order : The two central front teeth of the lower jaw, called central incisors; the corresponding teeth in the upper jaw, the lateral incisors; the four anterior molars; the four canines, the two upper of which are popularly called eye teeth; and lastly, the four posterior molars. During the cutting of the temporary teeth, the infant's head should be kept perfectly cool, and for this purpose all caps and wraps of every kind must be removed. The cloth- ing should be light and warm. The apartments occupied by the child should be kept rather cool at this time. If the bowels are confined, the diet should be altered, and a little calcined magnesia may be given. Thrush. This is a common affection in children. It may be seen in the mouth as small white specks on the lining membrane, but this may be so also in various parts of the Diseases of Infancy and ChildJiood 339 intestinal canal. It is often due to malnutrition and bad feeding, and often when the milk is sour. The swallowing of food becomes difficult, there is thirst, and the water is scanty and high colored. Treatment. — If the infant is bottle fed, have everything scrupulously clean. Give a little lime water in the milk, in the proportion of one part to four. Paint the mouth frequently with glycerine and borax, using a feather or small camel's hairbrush; or dissolve some powdered borax in water and apply in the same way. Should this fail, thirty grains of cholrate of potassium may be mixed with one ounce of glycerine, and applied in the same manner as the glycerine and borax. Great attention must be paid to the diet, and any errors must at once be corrected. If the bowels are disordered and the motions offensive, benefit may be derived by -giving the child one of the following powders twice a day: Gray powder, six grains; bicarbonate of soda, eighteen grains; powdered rhubarb, eight grains. Mix and divide into six powders. One twice a day to a child a year old. Whooping Cough. This is a disease of great frequency in childhood, and a large proportion of infant mortality is due to this cause.

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food should be taken under six weeks or two months, because, in consequence of the-ulceration of the bowels, the coats are very thin and liable to burst. Absolutely nothing should be given to the patient beyond what has been ordered by the medical attendant. Milk must form the main article of diet, and then an egg or two may be beaten up in it, or a custard may be given, and beef-tea. If there is much distension of the bowels, hot flannels sprinkled with turpentine will be useful. Teething. The period of teething is one which is looked upon by many mothers with dread. Owing to the greater irritability of the system usually found to exist at this time, there are diseases which are more liable to attack the child; and in order that everything may be done on the mother's part to guard against these, it will be well that she should be made familiar with the usual time of appearance of the teeth, and with a few hints that may be of service in maintaining the health of the child during this period. The first, or temporary, teeth, generally begin to make their appearance between the fifth and eighth month, in the following order : The two central front teeth of the lower jaw, called central incisors; the corresponding teeth in the upper jaw, the lateral incisors; the four anterior molars; the four canines, the two upper of which are popularly called eye teeth; and lastly, the four posterior molars. During the cutting of the temporary teeth, the infant's head should be kept perfectly cool, and for this purpose all caps and wraps of every kind must be removed. The clothing should be light and warm. The apartments occupied by the child should be kept rather cool at this time. If the bowels are confined, the diet should be altered, and a little calcined magnesia may be given. Thrush. This is a common affection in children. It may be seen in the mouth as small white specks on the lining membrane, but this may be so also in various parts of the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood 339 intestinal canal. It is often due to malnutrition and bad feeding, and often when the milk is sour. The swallowing of food becomes difficult, there is thirst, and the water is scanty and high colored. Treatment. — If the infant is bottle fed, have everything scrupulously clean. Give a little lime water in the milk, in the proportion of one part to four. Paint the mouth frequently with glycerine and borax, using a feather or small camel's hairbrush; or dissolve some powdered borax in water and apply in the same way. Should this fail, thirty grains of chlorate of potassium may be mixed with one ounce of glycerine, and applied in the same manner as the glycerine and borax. Great attention must be paid to the diet, and any errors must at once be corrected. If the bowels are disordered and the motions offensive, benefit may be derived by -giving the child one of the following powders twice a day: Gray powder, six grains; bicarbonate of soda, eighteen grains; powdered rhubarb, eight grains. Mix and divide into six powders. One twice a day to a child a year old. Whooping Cough. This is a disease of great frequency in childhood, and a large proportion of infant mortality is due to this cause.

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