Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-20
CHOLERA |INFANTUN.
what Causes Il aud What Cures II.
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ing on Of the disease aud the USE oil
all hygienic agencies which preserve
the health Of children. Chief among
all the causes Of cholera infanmm
are high and sustained atmospheric
heat and defective ventilation, So
that the little sufferers are breathing
not only a heated but an impure air,
which ezerts 4 poisonous operation
on the organization, and most on the
nervous aud digestive systems. The
next exciting cause Of the disease in
question is indigsstible food, which
the stomach is unable to reduce TO Il
homogeneous whole, out of which
chyle and blood are formed, but, in,
stead, disturbs the stomach, causes
sickness and vomiting, or, fit pass
es into the bowels, gives rise to d.
arthUa. Greatly predisposing the
little sufferer to be al cted in these
ways is the irritating fever from
teetbing, and hence if IN infant
while teethinc, live at the same time
in a hot and impure air, and uses
ind and gross food, Nc slel-
icine or combination Of medicines
will he OF much ii any avail
Success IN procuring renef fer the
sick infant Will depend on the abili-
f. to remove ~ modify the morbid
causes Shove stated. For this pur
pose tile patient >4gll. be taken
from Is clos and ba fly NeHttlat6d
quarters and allowed To breathe q
purer and ircsher air in one r more
Of our p-blIc squares, or especially
in the park, Hours should he thus
spent daily Proper food can he
taken 10y the mother or nurse for
tie little one, which may thus be
made to PASS almost entire days in a
y,yltyIng atmosphere Of mitigatyi
temperature, and acquire new lie to
lear ~ under the debiiitating effects
Of the close and often crowded sleep
ing rooms in courts and alleys, in
which renewal Of air is scarcely Oh
tsnabIe Mothers can not hs toe
much lmFresSed with the importance
OF snatching a halt-hor even for es-
cape win tAsn children l4to more
open and cooler quarters. Both rs
preventive and cure most valuable Is
the inhalation Of the pure sir en-
board tue numerous steamboats,, IN
crossing or sailing up and down the
Delaware river, Similarly adyauta-
geous, but with more pleasingscene-
~, is a passage up and down the
SeAuylki, or into the romantic Wis
sahlekon. Not a little may be done
10 dImlLlsh and prevent exhaustion
IRON the extreme heat, By bathing
the infant IN water Of the river tenn
p%trsture, or that flowing from the
~dydraAts, early III tue morning, and
IN the evening by usilg the water for
the bath milk-Warm, The bath
should be followed on both coca
slons by q thorough drying and fric-
ton OF the skin.
Continual errors III Intantile diet
are committed by parents giving
Their children strong, gross food,
such as they use themselves. An at
tack Of cholera infantum or OF diar-
rhea, is often brought on il hot
weather by q sudden change Of food
for the infant, III substituting tor the
mothers milk, as in the process OF
weaving, the ordinary food OF
the table, and THIS il not always Inn
tied quantity. Hence mothers should
not attempt to wean their children
during the summer months, except
under very peculiar circumstances,
and counselledby ,hephysician. The
food for child during the whole OF
the summer months, and iudeei at
all times, should be milk, ethel pure
or mixed with i~arinaceous articles.
such as flour, powdered biscuit, In.
dian mead, preparations Of wheat,
nee and arroW-root, in the shape OF
pap, puddings, SC, sometimes hay.
ored with cinnamon, nutnegsnd the
like. The drink will be cool water.
and much refreshment will be pro,
cured to the child suffering from
teething, by taking into its noutl
ground Ice, which, even if swallowed
before it is entirely dissolved, will do
no harm. Gum water, barley water
andinfusion OF different herbs-saae
balms, &c, may seyerally be giyer
to vary the drinks. The extreme ir.
r~itation of teething, sometimes caus
ing commissions, can be relieved by
the physician lancinr the gums Tn,
clothing of children IN the summe,
season should be OF light texture
easy fitting and loose, theinuer car.
ment being of very thin or ganze
flannel, which prevents the heat from
being so sensibly ielt as it would be
with a different kind of garmentnexl
to the skin, and also has the advan.