place.

By regulating the bowels we mean that everything the child eats must be
seen by the mother, must be with the mother's permission, and must be
suited to the child's age. If there is any question about the latter it
will be advisable to have a physician write out a list of articles
suitable to the child. It is generally necessary to eliminate meats,
pastries, candies, sugar to a large extent, gravies, salads, sauces, and
all the extras of the table, as pickles, mustard, relish, etc., as well
as coffee, tea, cocoa, and alcohol.

The child should live in the open air as much as possible; a daily warm
bath, followed by a quick, cold sponge, is a necessity.

Children subject to fits are possessed of a highly nervous temperament.
They are difficult to manage unless managed with firmness and tact. It
is not necessary to be harsh, but it is imperative to be firm and
decided. They must be made to realize that they are not "the master,"
that their will is not supreme, and the mother must exact this
condition; otherwise these children will become dictators and selfish
despots--ruining the discipline of the home, spoiling their own chance
of physical health, and rendering unhappy everyone around them. The
parents, therefore, have a definite duty to perform and it is not an
easy one. The food should be so regulated that each day a natural
movement of the bowels will take place. (See article on constipation,
page 303.) If a day should pass without a movement the child should be
given a hot rectal enema as described on page 586.

The adenoids can be easily demonstrated to either exist or be absent.
(See page 519.) If worms are known to be present in the child they
should be at once removed. If they are simply suspected, the child
should receive treatment for them, just the same. (See page 549.)

By going a long time without a convulsion the nervous system will
recuperate itself, and become so strong and healthy that what once would
cause a fit will make no impression in its new strengthened state;
therefore, if you "save the child from the cause," the convulsions will
cure themselves, as it were.

There are some cases of convulsions for which no satisfactory
explanation can be found.

Treatment.--When a child has a convulsion, remove its clothing and put
it into a mustard bath. The temperature of the bath should be 105 deg. F.
Every part of the child should be under the water except the head, which
is supported in the p