s of croup; but, in the milder and more general form, the following
abridgment will, in all probability, be all that will be
required:--First, the hot bath; second, the emetic; third, a mustard
plaster round the throat for five minutes; fourth, the powders; fifth,
another emetic in six hours, if needed, and the powders continued
without intermission while the urgency of the symptoms continues. When
relief has been obtained, these are to be discontinued, and a dose of
senna tea given to act on the bowels.

Diarrhoea.

2574. The diarrhoea with which children are so frequently affected,
especially in infancy, should demand the nurse's immediate attention,
and when the secretion, from its clayey colour, indicates an absence of
bile, a powder composed of 3 grains of grey powder and 1 grain of
rhubarb, should be given twice, with an interval of four hours between
each dose, to a child from one to two years, and, a day or two
afterwards, an aperient powder containing the same ingredients and
quantities, with the addition of 2 or 3 grains of scammony. For the
relaxation consequent on an overloaded stomach, or acidity in the
bowels, a little magnesia dissolved in milk should be employed two or
three times a day.

2575. When much griping and pain attend the diarrhoea, half a
teaspoonful of Dalby's Carminative (the best of all patent medicines)
should be given, either with or without a small quantity of castor oil
to carry off the exciting cause.

2576. For any form of diarrhoea that, by excessive action, demands a
speedy correction, the most efficacious remedy that can be employed in
all ages and conditions of childhood is the tincture of Kino, of which
from 10 to 30 drops, mixed with a little sugar and water in a spoon, are
to be given every two or three hours till the undue action has been
checked. Often the change of diet to rice, milk, eggs, or the
substitution of animal for vegetable food, or _vice versa_, will correct
an unpleasant and almost chronic state of diarrhoea.

2577. A very excellent carminative powder for flatulent infants may be
kept in the house, and employed with advantage, whenever the child is in
pain or griped, by dropping 5 grains of oil of aniseed and 2 of
peppermint on half an ounce of lump sugar, and rubbing it in a mortar,
with a drachm of magnesia, into a fine powder. A small quantity of this
may be given in a little water at any time, and always with benefit.

THE DOCTOR.

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