The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-01
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wv ',,,, ,Lo frst heats OF June 10 VI w,
WlI ii, ias comes cholera lntant1m ang
i IsiS .SSner complaints O Cnilu 90m.n.
the .S Il sthe chief and The most a anaan,
which I a' d M Sstal. Dlarrhua and dyssni
sges9S .vS Sp Zach their victims In the same
Ry nave , H." OF The medical treat;
c. al snS means Of we arc not GaIl Ssa
mem t u sneak in these columns snT ,S
upon nd ~ S IS on these points physician,
20, ia ~. 'S11reed. The more impoEmn!
sSsS.SSrson Is to prevent The coming RaeFsH ~
y tbs disease and the use o. OIL ny E;S ~
o. ,s suS S' which preserve tho health u
sgs ;II,sS Ghiel among all The causes q
SSoIera iniantum are high ana su ,sSntIIs.
S sImSspheric heat and deceive g wealth. Sras,S.
.Ian y thSt little sufferers arc otea W.
ton, ~ =, o 1nS, heated but an impure al,
which exGrts q posonoses, - U ,Sa naTvous
me organization, and most On tne 9Sr o,CSt'
and digestive systems. The next g y IL.
anu Ias cS,,se Of HE disease in question Is ID.
l nlg.o SssIs 4 mi. which the stomach Is
SgSbIe 10 reduce To- q homogeneous OuS
u ont Of which, chyle and 6loo gar are
t,s,Se5 but, instead, dlsturbs the Stom !;
!o an csnssS sickness and vomiting, on, n
IN !, masses into the bowels, gives rise i. 10
SIorTbTa, Greatly predsposlng Mo
i T sufferer 10 DO effected ~ these ways
u Tho irritstiye fever from teethlng, anu
h hence nee ifan infant while teethiDg live a.
, IvpT same time in a hot and impure or
and md use indegesdble and gross 1000; no
medicines n WILDE oimuch Il any avail.
S Success in procuring relief for the sick
infant win depend on The aDlllty 70 To-
move moi or modify the morbid causes ABOVE
s,Sted, For this purpose the patient
ssSS,Id be taken from is close and badly |
vvenlilated quarters and allowed 10
breathe pur6r and iresher DIR. Hours
S shoSld be thus spent daily. Proper
food can be taken by themother or nurse |
iOS tbe little one which may thus be
made 10 pass almost entire days In a Wv
living atmosphere Of miigated tempera'
tire and acquire new life to bear up |
Hnder the facilitating effects Of the close
and crowded sleeping rooms in courts
and alleys, in which q renewal Of ar IS
scarcely obtainable. Mothers cannot be
lao much impressed with Importance Of
snatchipg a hall hour even Tor escape
with their children into more open and
cooler quarters. Both as preventative
and cure most valuable is the inhalation
Of The pure air. Not q little may be done
todiminish aud even prevent exhaustion
from the extreme heat, by bathing the
infant in water Of the river temperature
Or that flowing from the hydrants, early
IN the morning, and in the evening by
psiue the water for the bath milk.warm.
The bath should be followed on both
occasions by q thorough drying and
friction Of the skin.
Continual errors in infantile diet are
COmitted BY parents giving their children
strong, gross food, such as they use them
selves. An attack Of cholera infantum, or
Of diarrhGa is often brought on in hot
weather by a sudden change Of food for
The infant in substituting for the mothers
milk, as in the process O. weaving, the
ordinary food Of the table, and this in not
always limited quantity. Hence mothers
should not attempt TO wean their children
during the summer months, except under
very peculiar circumstances, and coun-
seled by the physician. The food for
child during the whole of the summer
months, and indeed at oil times, should
be milk, either pure or mixed with
iarinaCeOus articles, such as flour, pow.
dered biscuit, Indian meal preparations Of
wheat rice and arrow root, in the shape
pap, puddIngs, Sc, some times favored
with cinnamon, nutmeg, and the like.
The drink will be cool water, and much
reIfeshment will be procured to the child
suffering from teethiDg, by its taking into
its mouth ground ice, which, even, II
swallowed before 1t is entirely dissolved,
will do no harm. Gum water, barley
water, and Infusion Of different herbs
sage. balms, &C., may sevcrally be given
to vary the drinks. the extreme irrita.
ton OF teething, sometimes causing con.
vulions, can be- relieved by the physician
laucing the gums. The clothing Of chill.
dren in the summer season should be OF
light texture, easy fitting and loose the
inner garment being very thin or gauze
flannel, which prevents the heat from
being so sensibly felt as it would be with
a different kind Of garment next TO the
skin, and also has the advantage OF
preventing a chilling Of the body after
PFoluse perspiratlon, or a sudden re-
dlcu0n Of temperature, A change ought
to be made, II possible, both night and
morning All parts Of the body should
be protected from the sun, and hence the
clothing should came up to tho neck and
cover the legs, instead Of the breast and
shoulders being lett naked to increase the
risk Of a sudden chill and suppressed
peHplration, the effect Of which at this
season, will show themselves by derang-
ing the stomach and bowels. Exercise,
which in the case Of q child in the arms
must be passive, is often very serviceable
when taken in a carriage or the cars,
and Tor the time being, It arrests the dis.
order Of the bowels, A still milder
movement, but one not without beneficial
results, Is obtained in water craft y
When warning against the use Of indi.
gestlbIe iood, We might be supposed, OF
course, to include in the prohibition all
unripe fruits, which not unfreQuently act
S sure posln when taken into the
stomach Of sick or even merely deli.
cafe c child. The case is different with
nps fruits and that which has been
subjected lsS to culinary process by baking
I'll E.s sewing. A popular remedy for in.
iaaIILe 1larrhNa is found IN a syrup of
, aewoerrles or Of blackberries. The
Stsa!eSt number Of children suffering and
uylng from cholera infantum are found
u u9Het Inc disadvantagcous circumstances
~ y AvlGg TO which we have adyerted but
~. would be q great mistake to suppose
s sSSI mere Is any class exempt from Ms
MNlcuonS' The children of tho wealthy
a %SLDg IN spacious apartments and in TIT
enjoyment ola comparatively pure air II
S ~ ,s., and other grounds often pay