The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-16
Hot Weather.

Is hot temperature has made it's initia
i visit, so mothers Of little ones must guard
y them against it's morbid influences. The
mocous membrane Of the food canal sym.
pathizes strongly with the skin. Expos.
4 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 will direct ou,
thoughts to the influences of excessive
heat. In hot ccaaons Of the year the di.
gestlve forces are less able than in cold to
execute thcll special duty Even milk
passes Though the gastric sack in an un-
digested state, enters and initiates the
mucous surface of the intestines. If the
heat continues long and strong, it may
create disturbance in the inner wards
that mothers love OF, a physicians skill
are quite unable to control Hot skin.
restlessness by night and dullness by dav
are early indications of coming trouble
excessive activity of the bowels, expellinp
their contents with more or less randi.
ity and pain. The mother NAV trv
some things that are said to be good for
! dlarrhna. 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.
ana 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
nnlng: Apply 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-lt 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
oeen Weaned 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
turDance OF the food canal. Scorch the
oats, grind them, pour upon them cold
water, boil the mixture for twenty MIN
utes, strain and sweetcn, and add a mite
OF salt. We have found this useful
remedy even IN cholera infantum.
The curds of cows milk are harder
than those of human mothers, and so less
dlgestlble. But ming]e we'll in warm
milk small amount OF finely pulverized
starch-ten grains to a pint-and the
milk will form softer, more porous curds
and more easily dlgestible: Warm milk
d1gests more easily than cold. If 1t can
be obtained, give feeble child, whose
stomach cannot do its proper duty, as
soon as 1t is drawn, while the natural
warmth remains and the cream globules
are still floating in the mass, the first
mllklnggs of healthy, we'll fed, sweet
tempered and kindly treated COW. Civ
ing water, very warm, halt hour or
more after modera feeding of co IS
milk, will do much towards di gesting it
warm barley water, also, given before
sucking or feeding, will aid the digestive
t.rces of the stomach. Avoid cathart;cs.
curds are disturbing the alimentarv
canal, give one teaspoonful of warm cas-
tor o. IN barley water or other muc1lage.
the excretlons of the bowels be acid
and offensive, give borax solution, one
leaspoontul, made by dissolving ten
grains OF borax in ten teaspoonfuls of
soft water. Give it after each motion of
the bowels. Increase the dose if neces-
sary. -.a -
Acidity of the bowels usually arises
from indigestion that may be removed bv
giving pepsin and bismuth, two to four
grains each, after each feeding. If the
chlld's mouth is apthous and the anal
region is excoriated, give borax solution,
two grains after each motion, but not |
ottener than once in two hours.
1t the child still worsens from the in
h1ence OF the disease and has become ex-
hausted, give the VINE Of iron IN tea
spoon doses composed of the wine of iron
ten drachms, and syrup of orange, four
drachms. Repeat it every third hour, if
needed. 1t mucus and blood appear in
the stools, give warm castor oil in warm
barley Water-one-quarter teaspoon to a |
tablespoon after each motion. Add par
agorlc, it needed to lessen pain, or check
frequent motions.
Avoid charcoal and every other sub
stance that does not dissolve, or does not
digest. Such medicines do much more |
harm than good. Avoid calomel. : In
place OF it, give minute doses of ipecac-
a quarter grain or less. Give it in glycer-
inc, Or milk, one tablespoon. In any
stage OF the malady, if the skin be hot
and dry, the child restless and in pain
from t1atulency, give it warm blanket
bath: A few drops four to ten-of
spirits OF turpentine in one teaspoon of
warm castor oil will give great relief to a
child suffering from f1atulencv or collie.
II the child be exhausted by the disease
or is likely to he, give beet and oats cot.
fee, separately, or combined. If it's stom-
ach will not bear it, give it by enema, a
tablespoon every other hour. Avoid
opium in all its forms, paragoric, laua
mum, morphine, if you can. Bad cases
make it right to do a little harm
to secure greater good. Paragoric
is the best form of opium for
children. The camphor in it often lends
it great efficiency. We have found chic
raj hydrate, in minute doses, very useful
1t lessons the restlessness Of the child, and
often induces quiet sleep. AS child
is convalescing, causes seemingly small
may 90 much harm. The inner linino IF |