It is very good to bathe the surface with warm soft water, to which has been added a little ley. Some have recommended ablutions of cold water ; but they should not be adopted except where the heat of the skin is great, and where perspiration is absent. It often moderates the subsequent symptoms. — But no dangerous reaction takes place from tepid as from cold water, nor will any danger whatever result from it, as it is a most valuable auxiliary, and the use of it cannot be too highly recom- mended. If the throat be sore, and the swallowing difficult, foment it with the Rheumatic Liquid. Gargle, as in Sore Throat. The Diaphoretic Powder will have an anodyne influence, and should not be neglected. Should the disease assume the malig- nant type, give immediately the vapour bath of bitter decoction, and emetics, and doses of the cayenne and salt mix- ture, as just mentioned ; it may be made a little stronger. If putrid symp- toms appear, give yeast mixed with honey and milk. Also gargle with it ; and apply yeast poultices to eruptions run into a sore. Let the room in which the patient is confined be well ventilated, and of a proper temperature ; but keep away cold air from him by all means. In the beginning of this disease, the diet should be light and easy of diges- tion. Diluents should be freely taken, as balm tea, barley gruel, Ac., with a squeeze of lemon In thorn. If there U SCA 353 SCO debility, let the food be nutritious, as beef tea, jellies, arrow-root, sago, rice milk, and a little wine. During recovery avoid exposure to cold ; keep the skin dean by tepid ablutions, and occasion- ally bathe the feet in warm water at bed- time. Apply friction to the whole body as much as the patient can bear. Give the tonic bitters, also the Composition Powder. Bella donna has been found to render persons unsusceptible of the fever, in places where it is raging. It is to be given in extract, — the twentieth part of a grain morning and evening. SCARLATINA, AND MEA- SLES.— Dr. Witt states that sesqui- carbonate of ammonia is an antidote to scarlatina and measles. "The dose in these complaints varies from 3 to 10 grains, according to the age of the patient, given at longer or shorter in- tervals, according to the mildness or severity of the attack. The suitable dose dissolved in as small a quantity of cold water as will admit of its being swallow- ed with as many grains of loaf sugar, merely to make it palatable, is all that is required. Any admixture with other medicines, as salines, bark, &c., and all acidulous drinks, are to be avoided. The preliminary treatment is also sim- ple; from half a grain of calomel, for children, to five grains for adults, should be placed on the tongue and swallowed. About an hour after, the first dose of the ammonia is to be given, and repeated every three or four hours, as long as the disorder takes the favourable course. If the disorder increases in violence, the medicine must be given every two hours, or every hour, or sometimes even more frequently, till the graver symptoms are subdued. This medicine has been found to possess similar powers over diphtheria,'’

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It is very good to bathe the surface with warm soft water, to which has been added a little ley. Some have recommended ablutions of cold water ; but they should not be adopted except where the heat of the skin is great, and where perspiration is absent. It often moderates the subsequent symptoms. — But no dangerous reaction takes place from tepid as from cold water, nor will any danger whatever result from it, as it is a most valuable auxiliary, and the use of it cannot be too highly recommended. If the throat be sore, and the swallowing difficult, foment it with the Rheumatic Liquid. Gargle, as in Sore Throat. The Diaphoretic Powder will have an anodyne influence, and should not be neglected. Should the disease assume the malignant type, give immediately the vapour bath of bitter decoction, and emetics, and doses of the cayenne and salt mixture, as just mentioned ; it may be made a little stronger. If putrid symptoms appear, give yeast mixed with honey and milk. Also gargle with it ; and apply yeast poultices to eruptions run into a sore. Let the room in which the patient is confined be well ventilated, and of a proper temperature ; but keep away cold air from him by all means. In the beginning of this disease, the diet should be light and easy of digestion. Diluents should be freely taken, as balm tea, barley gruel, Ac., with a squeeze of lemon In thorn. If there be SCA SCO debility, let the food be nutritious, as beef tea, jellies, arrow-root, sago, rice milk, and a little wine. During recovery avoid exposure to cold ; keep the skin dean by tepid ablutions, and occasionally bathe the feet in warm water at bedtime. Apply friction to the whole body as much as the patient can bear. Give the tonic bitters, also the Composition Powder. Bella donna has been found to render persons unsusceptible of the fever, in places where it is raging. It is to be given in extract, — the twentieth part of a grain morning and evening. SCARLATINA, AND MEA- SLES.— Dr. Witt states that sesquicarbonate of ammonia is an antidote to scarlatina and measles. "The dose in these complaints varies from 3 to 10 grains, according to the age of the patient, given at longer or shorter intervals, according to the mildness or severity of the attack. The suitable dose dissolved in as small a quantity of cold water as will admit of its being swallowed with as many grains of loaf sugar, merely to make it palatable, is all that is required. Any admixture with other medicines, as salines, bark, &c., and all acidulous drinks, are to be avoided. The preliminary treatment is also simple; from half a grain of calomel, for children, to five grains for adults, should be placed on the tongue and swallowed. About an hour after, the first dose of the ammonia is to be given, and repeated every three or four hours, as long as the disorder takes the favourable course. If the disorder increases in violence, the medicine must be given every two hours, or every hour, or sometimes even more frequently, till the graver symptoms are subdued. This medicine has been found to possess similar powers over diphtheria,'’

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