River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-07-17
Hot Weather.

A hot temperature has made its initia
visit, SO mothers of little ones must guard
them against its morbid influences. The
mocous membrane of the food canal SYM
pathizes strongly with the skin. Expos
ure TO extremes of heat or cold of the one
is felt more or less directly by the other.
Hot temperatures do more harm than
cold Clothing enables children to en-
dure the cold aud keep the inner organs
IN healthy state. So we viii direct our
thoughts to the influences OF excessive
heat In hot ceaaOns of the year the di-
gestive forces are less able than in cold to
execute then special duty. Even milk
passes through the gastric sack in an I'M
| digested state, enters and initiates the
mucous surface of the intestines. If the
heat continues long and strong, it may
create "a disturbance in the inner wards
| that a mothers love or physicians skill
are quite unable to control. Hot skin,
rcstlessness by night and dullness by day
are early indications of coming trouble
excessive activity of tho bowels, eXpelling
their contents with more or less rapid
ity and pain. The mother may try
some things that are said to be good for
dIarrh9a. But if she does not succeed
she should send for her medical attend
ant who ought to come at once and try
to cure what the mother did not prevent,
and may have caused. He ought TO stop
| the riot in the stomach and compel all
things to move down in their wOnted
way. Vomiting is an indication of dis
| ease usually irritation of the gastric
lining. Apply ii mustard plaster over
the gastric region. Give the child few
bits of ice, and greatly lessen the amount
and richness of the food. If the child
sucks-it never nurses-give it two
teaspoons of barley water; then let it
suck or let the mother nurse, one quarter
part as much as usual, and not oftener
than every other hour, If the child has
been weancd and has fed on cows milk,
first give it four teaspoons or more OF
cool barley water, and then give one
quarter part of its usual ration.
A coffee made of oats is useful in dis
turbance of the food canal. Scorch the
oats, grind them, pour upon them cold
water. boil the mixture for twenty MN
utes, strain and sweetcn, and add IL mite
of salt We have found this a useful
remedy even IN cholera infantum.
The curds of cows milk are harder
than those Of human mothers, and SO less
digestible. But mingle well in warm
milk a small amount OF finely pulverized
starch-ten grains to pint-and the
mix will form softer, more porous curds
and more easily dlgestible. Warm milk
digeSts more easily than cold. If 1t can
he obtained. give feeble child, whose
stomach cannot do its proper duty, as
soon as it is drawn, while the natural
warmth remains and the cream globules
are still floating in the mass, the frs
milkings of a healthy, we'll fed, sweet
tempered and kindly treated COW. Civ
: ing water, very warm, halt hour o.
, more after a modera'e feeding of co "
milk. will do much towards digesting 1t
, Warm barley wafer, also, given befor'
sucking or feeding, will aid the digestiy,
forces of the stomach. Avoid eathart'cs
fcurds are disturbing the alimentar.
canal, give one teaspoonful OF warm cas-
t tor oi in barley water or other mucilage
l f the excretlons of the bowels be aci.
| and offensive, give borax solution. on
: teaspoonful, made by dissolving tel
i grains of borax in ten teaspoonfuls o
e soft water Give it after each motion Q
the bowels. Increase the dose if neces
:, sary.
Acidity of the bowels usually arise
d from indigestion that may be removed b
e giving pepsin and bismuth, two 70 fou
: grains each, after each feeding. II tn
a child's mouth is aptaous and the ans
." region is excoriatei, give 5orax solution
h two grains after each m,tion, but nc
e oftener than one in two hours.
4 If the child still worsens from the il
e tluence of the disease and has become e,
haussed, give the VINE Of iron IN te'
e spoon doses composed OF the wine Ct iro
i ten drachms. and syrup Of orange, for
a draehms. Re eat il every third hour
e needed. If aucns and blood appear
the stools, give warm castor OIL IN VAR
ie barley water one quarter teaspoon 70