If the tonsils will remain chronically enlarged, and thereby causing considerable in- convenience, have them removed by a surgeon. In Low Nervous Affections, with languid circulation, debility of stomach, take of muriated tincture of iron, two drachms, tincture Peruvian bark, two ounces, tincture of orange, one and one-half ounces; mix, and take a teaspoon- ful three times a day. Toothache. Is sometimes purely neuralgic. More often it results from exposure of the nerve by the decay of a tooth. Again, it may attend inflammation of the jaw, or abscess at the root of the tooth affected. For toothache from exposed nerve, creosote i s a certain remedy. Insert carefully into the hollow a plug of cotton, wrapped over the end of a Diseases of Infancy and Childhood 329 knitting needle, and dipped in pure creosote. If the rattle run out into the mouth (which should be avoided if possible) rinse it at once with cold water. Oil of cloves, oil of cajeput, and laudanum introduced into the hollow of the tooth will also generally give relief. Waterbrash. Can be relieved by taking a tablespoonful of glycerine to half tumblerful of milk. Bicarbonate of sodium in scruple doses is also effective. Astringents have also been highly recommended. Take of Ammonio-ferric alum two scruples, cinnamon water, four ounces; dissolve, and take a tablespoonful every two or three hours. DISEASES OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD Chicken Pox. This is a contagious but harmless disease of childhood, unattended by any constitutional disturbance, as a rule, and after running its course for a few days ends incomplete recovery. Often several children of the same family have it, one after the other. It affects both sexes alike, and all classes indiscriminately. After a period of incubation, the length of which is doubtful, a number of little red points suddenly >appear on the skin, and in the course of The Nurse, twcnty-four hours each has become a small blister, or vesicle, raised above the surface and surrounded by a pink areola or zone. The next day more red spots appear, which also form blisters and so on for about three or four days fresh crops appear, the previous ones attaining a maturer stage. The eruption is most abundant on the back and front of the body. In about a week the vesicles begin to wither and dry up, and in a week or ten days longer the scabs fall off, leaving as a rule no scar. Treatftient. — As a rule, the child need only be kept in the 330 Diseases of Infancy and Childhood nursery and not in bed all day long; occasionally the little patient is restless and feverish, but in most cases it will play about as cheerfully as usual and appear to have nothing the matter with it. For a few days the child may be kept indoors and the diet should be plain and simple. Convulsions. Some children are much more liable to suffer from convulsions than others, owing to the more impres- sionable nature of the nervous system. Causes. — Difficulty in teething is a very frequent cause, the irritation of the gums affecting the brain; and when that ir- ritation is removed, the convulsions disappear. Indigestible articles of food are another very frequent cause; fright may cause convulsions, and anything profoundly affecting the mother, such as anger, terror, grief, may so act upon her milk as to give rise to convulsions in the infant.

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If the tonsils will remain chronically enlarged, and thereby causing considerable inconvenience, have them removed by a surgeon. In Low Nervous Affections, with languid circulation, debility of stomach, take of muriated tincture of iron, two drachms, tincture Peruvian bark, two ounces, tincture of orange, one and one-half ounces; mix, and take a teaspoonful three times a day. Toothache. Is sometimes purely neuralgic. More often it results from exposure of the nerve by the decay of a tooth. Again, it may attend inflammation of the jaw, or abscess at the root of the tooth affected. For toothache from exposed nerve, creosote is a certain remedy. Insert carefully into the hollow a plug of cotton, wrapped over the end of a Diseases of Infancy and Childhood 329 knitting needle, and dipped in pure creosote. If the liquid runs out into the mouth (which should be avoided if possible) rinse it at once with cold water. Oil of cloves, oil of cajeput, and laudanum introduced into the hollow of the tooth will also generally give relief. Waterbrash. Can be relieved by taking a tablespoonful of glycerine to half tumblerful of milk. Bicarbonate of sodium in scruple doses is also effective. Astringents have also been highly recommended. Take of Ammonio-ferric alum two scruples, cinnamon water, four ounces; dissolve, and take a tablespoonful every two or three hours. DISEASES OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD Chicken Pox. This is a contagious but harmless disease of childhood, unattended by any constitutional disturbance, as a rule, and after running its course for a few days ends incomplete recovery. Often several children of the same family have it, one after the other. It affects both sexes alike, and all classes indiscriminately. After a period of incubation, the length of which is doubtful, a number of little red points suddenly >appear on the skin, and in the course of twenty-four hours each has become a small blister, or vesicle, raised above the surface and surrounded by a pink areola or zone. The next day more red spots appear, which also form blisters and so on for about three or four days fresh crops appear, the previous ones attaining a maturer stage. The eruption is most abundant on the back and front of the body. In about a week the vesicles begin to wither and dry up, and in a week or ten days longer the scabs fall off, leaving as a rule no scar. Treatment. — As a rule, the child need only be kept in the 330 Diseases of Infancy and Childhood nursery and not in bed all day long; occasionally the little patient is restless and feverish, but in most cases it will play about as cheerfully as usual and appear to have nothing the matter with it. For a few days the child may be kept indoors and the diet should be plain and simple. Convulsions. Some children are much more liable to suffer from convulsions than others, owing to the more impressionable nature of the nervous system. Causes. — Difficulty in teething is a very frequent cause, the irritation of the gums affecting the brain; and when that irritation is removed, the convulsions disappear. Indigestible articles of food are another very frequent cause; fright may cause convulsions, and anything profoundly affecting the mother, such as anger, terror, grief, may so act upon her milk as to give rise to convulsions in the infant.

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