stopped at once in children of
all ages, and only broth, barley water or some thin gruel given. Castor
oil is required for a severe attack. If the patient is an infant the milk
should be diluted or stopped. In severe attacks with vomiting or frequent
foul stools, stop all food for at least twelve hours and all milk for a
longer time, and the bowels should be freely moved by a cathartic. Give
plenty of water to drink.

Food.--Albumin water is often better than plain water or anything else. To
make it stir the white of an egg into a pint of cold water. See that they
are well mixed, add a pinch of salt and strain. Give baby one teaspoonful
every one-half hour, and if he vomits all other food, give two ounces
every two hours; barley gruel, wheat flour gruel, mutton broth may be
given also.

MOTHERS' REMEDIES.--1. Inflammation of the Bowels, Poultice of Hot Mush
for.--"Wrap the child in a poultice of hot mush. Place the poultice over
the abdomen." A poultice of this kind retains the heat, and is very good
for inflammation of the abdominal cavity, and would help to take away the
soreness and bloating in the bowels that is always present in this
disease.

2. Bowel Trouble, a Good Tonic for.--

Powdered rhubarb 1 heaping teaspoonful
Soda 1/4 teaspoonful
Sugar 1 teaspoonful
Peppermint essence 1/2 teaspoonful
Hot water 1/2 cup (scant)

Dose:--One-half teaspoonful every hour until bowels show signs of right
color.

The soda and the peppermint will tone up the stomach and relieve any
trouble present there, while the rhubarb will act on the bowels and carry
off all impurities.

3. Bowel Trouble, Rhubarb and Licorice for.--"Compound tincture of rhubarb
one ounce bicarbonate of soda 1 dram, fluid extract of licorice 1 dram,
pure water 6 ounces. Give from one to two teaspoonfuls according to the
age of the child." This will be found a very good treatment for this
trouble, and one that has been thoroughly tried.

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You should always be suspicious if your baby has no teeth at the end of
the first year. A hearty baby should have six or eight, and if the soft
spot in the head just above the forehead is as much open as it was for
months previously you should be doubly suspicious. This soft spot should
be closed in a well-nourished infant between the fifteenth and twentieth
months. If in addition to this the child sw