Treatment.—The first effort should be directed to check any tendency to inflammation which may show itself; to palliate urgent symptoms, and stop the spasm which js so distressing a feature of the case. ‘To this end, the diet must be of the sim- plest kind, consisting for the most part of milk and farinaceous puddings ; if animal food, it must not be solid, but in the form of Broth, or Beef-tea; roasted Apples are good; and, for drinks, Milk and Water, Barley-water, Weak Tea, cr Whey. Care must be taken to keep the bowels open with some gentie aperient, such as Rhubarb and Magnesia, with now and then a grain of Calomel or Compound Julep Powder, if some- 280 THE Dominion Coox Book. thing stronger is required. An emetic should be given about twice a week, to get rid of the phlegm—it may be Ipecacuanha Wine or the Powder. To relieve the cough, the following mixture will be found effective: —Ipecacuanha Powder, 10 grains; Bicarbonate of Potash, 1 drachm; Liquor of Acetate of Ammonia, 2 ounces; Essence of Cinnamon, 8 drops; Water, 634 ounces ; Dose, a tablespoonful about every four hours. For night restlessness, 2 or 3 grains of Dover's Powders, taken at bed-time, are good; this is the dose for a child of three years of age. Mustard poultices to the throat, the chest, and be- tween the shoulders, are often found beneficial. Roache’s Embrocation is a favorite application, and a very good one; it is composed as.follows :—Oil of Amber and of Cloves, of each ¥% an ounce; Oil of Olives, 1 ounce; a little Laudanum is, perhaps, an improvement. This may be rubbed on the belly when it is sore from coughing. Dhifficulty of breathing may be sometimes relieved by the vapor of Ether or Turpentine dif- fused through the apartment. In the latter stages of the dis- ease, tonics are generally advisable. Steel Wine, about 20 drops, with 2 grains of Sesquicarbonate of Ammonia, and 5 drops of Tincture of Conium, in a tablespoonful of Cinnamon Water, sweetened with Syrup, is a good form ; but a change of air, with a return to a generous diet, are the most effectual means of restoration to health and strength. 995. Diarrhocea—(Greek reo, to flow). Looseness of the bowels, sometimes called -Aizx. This is a very common disorder, arising from a variety of causes, fore- most among which may be mentioned suppressed perspiration, a sudden chill or cold applied to the body, acid fruits, or any indigestible food, oily or putrid substances, deficiency of bile, increased secretion of mucus, worms, strong purgative medi- cines, gout or rheumatism turned inwards, etc. Hence diarrhoea may be distinguished as dc/ous, mucous, lenitery (where the food passes unchanged), ee/iac (where it passes off in a white liquid state, like chyle), and verminose, produced by worms. The symptoms are frequent and copious discharges of feculent matter, accompanied usually with griping and flatu- lency ; there is weight and uneasiness in the lower belly which is relieved for a time on the discharge taking place; there is - THE Docror. 281 nausea, often vomiting ; a pale countenance, sometimes sallow ; a biiter taste in the mouth, with thirst and dryness of the throat ; the tongue is furred and yellow, indicating bile in the alimentary canal; the skin is dry and harsh, and if the disease is not checked great emaciation ensues.

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Treatment.—The first effort should be directed to check any tendency to inflammation which may show itself; to palliate urgent symptoms, and stop the spasm which is so distressing a feature of the case. ‘To this end, the diet must be of the simplest kind, consisting for the most part of milk and farinaceous puddings ; if animal food, it must not be solid, but in the form of Broth, or Beef-tea; roasted Apples are good; and, for drinks, Milk and Water, Barley-water, Weak Tea, or Whey. Care must be taken to keep the bowels open with some gentle aperient, such as Rhubarb and Magnesia, with now and then a grain of Calomel or Compound Julep Powder, if some- 280 THE Dominion Coox Book. thing stronger is required. An emetic should be given about twice a week, to get rid of the phlegm—it may be Ipecacuanha Wine or the Powder. To relieve the cough, the following mixture will be found effective: —Ipecacuanha Powder, 10 grains; Bicarbonate of Potash, 1 drachm; Liquor of Acetate of Ammonia, 2 ounces; Essence of Cinnamon, 8 drops; Water, 634 ounces ; Dose, a tablespoonful about every four hours. For night restlessness, 2 or 3 grains of Dover's Powders, taken at bed-time, are good; this is the dose for a child of three years of age. Mustard poultices to the throat, the chest, and between the shoulders, are often found beneficial. Roache’s Embrocation is a favorite application, and a very good one; it is composed as follows :—Oil of Amber and of Cloves, of each ¥% an ounce; Oil of Olives, 1 ounce; a little Laudanum is, perhaps, an improvement. This may be rubbed on the belly when it is sore from coughing. Difficulty of breathing may be sometimes relieved by the vapor of Ether or Turpentine diffused through the apartment. In the latter stages of the disease, tonics are generally advisable. Steel Wine, about 20 drops, with 2 grains of Sesquicarbonate of Ammonia, and 5 drops of Tincture of Conium, in a tablespoonful of Cinnamon Water, sweetened with Syrup, is a good form ; but a change of air, with a return to a generous diet, are the most effectual means of restoration to health and strength. 995. Diarrhocea—(Greek reo, to flow). Looseness of the bowels, sometimes called Flux. This is a very common disorder, arising from a variety of causes, foremost among which may be mentioned suppressed perspiration, a sudden chill or cold applied to the body, acid fruits, or any indigestible food, oily or putrid substances, deficiency of bile, increased secretion of mucus, worms, strong purgative medicines, gout or rheumatism turned inwards, etc. Hence diarrhoea may be distinguished as dc/ous, mucous, lenitery (where the food passes unchanged), ee/iac (where it passes off in a white liquid state, like chyle), and verminose, produced by worms. The symptoms are frequent and copious discharges of feculent matter, accompanied usually with griping and flatulency ; there is weight and uneasiness in the lower belly which is relieved for a time on the discharge taking place; there is - THE Docror. 281 nausea, often vomiting ; a pale countenance, sometimes sallow ; a biiter taste in the mouth, with thirst and dryness of the throat ; the tongue is furred and yellow, indicating bile in the alimentary canal; the skin is dry and harsh, and if the disease is not checked great emaciation ensues.

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