ter when given in this way is expelled very
quickly the enemas may be repeated any number of times desired.

Where these measures fail, a physician should be sent for at once, but in
the meantime if it be evident that the infant is suffering very much, a
small dose of paregoric may be given; it should not however be forgotten
that opiates are exceedingly hurtful to nervous children, and that
soothing syrups and other mixtures containing drugs of this class should
be avoided.

_Constipation._--Constipation among very young children generally passes
off as the food becomes richer, but should it occur at a later time, the
trouble may be more difficult to remedy. Of first importance is having
the bowels of the infant move at a certain time each day, which may be
quickly accomplished in many little children by placing them upon a small
chamber daily at a given hour; usually the baby very quickly learns what
this procedure means, and in this way a regular habit is established
which is of the utmost value to the child throughout its infancy, and
every effort, therefore, should be made to bring it about as quickly as
possible.

The addition of malted milk or Mellin's Food may also have the effect of
diminishing constipation;--the result being brought about by the maltose
contained in these preparations. The same thing may be accomplished by
substituting for a part of the milk sugar in the baby's food a similar
quantity of maltose. Milk of magnesia may be used in preparing the baby's
food in the place of lime-water, with the result oftentimes of relieving
a tendency to constipation.

_Croup._--By croup is meant a spasmodic condition which usually affects
children at night, and is in no way to be confounded with that really
dangerous disease, membranous croup, or diphtheria, to which so many
children fall victims.

Spasmodic croup is a condition which has as its basis digestive
disturbances, and is almost always relieved as soon as the stomach is
emptied. Vomiting may be brought about by making the child swallow a
small quantity of mustard stirred up in water, or by the use of ipecac.
Such severe and extremely unpleasant remedies are rarely necessary,
however, since the disease may be in almost all instances at once
relieved by placing around the victim's throat a cloth wrung out of cold
water, which may itself be covered by a dry bandage to prevent the bed
from getting wet. Children will usually go to sleep in a few minutes