omiting in children I have found it advisable to
use teaspoonful doses of ice-cold champagne. These children will
sometimes keep this down when all other liquids will be vomited. It is
absolutely necessary to keep the child lying down. If he is
restless or sits up, the vomiting may begin all over again. The
champagne not only is excellent nourishment for the child, but it quiets
the stomach, allays irritability, and frequently favors sleep, during
which time a cure very often results. The champagne must be drawn
through a champagne siphon (procured in the drug store), and the bottle
must be kept on ice with the mouth downward; otherwise it will get stale
very quickly and be of no use. If kept as advised it will remain good to
the end.

SUMMARY:--

1st. Persistent vomiting in a child means acute gastritis. Stop all food
for twenty-four hours.

2nd. Encourage the child to drink large quantities of slightly warm
water; this will wash the stomach out and frequently stops the vomiting.

3rd. When the child is quiet wash out the bowels.

4th. If vomiting persists, use iced champagne as directed.

ACUTE INTESTINAL DISEASES OF CHILDREN

The large infant mortality that results from intestinal diseases during
the summer months is deserving of the most careful consideration, both
of the physician and the parent.

Apart from the excessive heat of the summer, there is no doubt that an
unfavorable environment, which means bad hygienic surroundings, bad
sanitary conditions, bad food and home influences, contributes largely
to the enormous number of these serious cases. Education, while it may
be expected to influence favorably the sanitary and other conditions in
the home, cannot change the home location. The child must continue to
live in the same environment. It is in this class of cases that these
summer diseases are so very fatal. Children in better circumstances can
take advantage of conditions which are denied to the tenement child. The
diseases must therefore be faced and treated under these existing
conditions.

In addition to the climate and the environment, there are certain
factors that occur in all classes which result in intestinal
derangement. If the stomach or bowels are not performing their function
properly, or if the food or method of feeding is wrong, these, plus very
hot, humid weather, invariably result in serious intestinal disease. The
mother must be taught to interpret properly the meaning of a g