Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-03-18
The Care Of Sick Children.

Ine care OF SICK Cnllurens
When healthy child is awakened in
the morning by vomiting it is tolerably
certain to be the victim of some erup-
tive disease before nightfall. Measles
comes on, like q severe cold, with
sneezing, etc. The rash is of u dull
red, and usually appears first about the
forehead and neck. Scarlet fever is
usually accompanied by sore throat,
more or less severe as the case is mild
or the reverse. The rash is bright
red, and generally is seen first on the
chest. Chicken-pox is attended with
fever; the spots are small separate pin-
pies, sometimes covering the whole
body, which after time become little
pustules filed with matter. 1t is al
ways well to give an ailing child warm
bath. If there is a rash coming it will
help to throw it out, and in any case
the effect will be soothing and grateful.
1t should not remain in the water more
than few minutes, and when taken
out be wrapped in q blanket and quickly
dried with warm towels. Typhoid
fever is preceded by great languor,
headache and drowsiness, followed by
delirium.
i In fevers the two principal points to
which all efforts are directed are to
lower the temperature and sustain the
strength. German physicians recon-
mend that the whole body be sponged
with ice cold water and cold baths be
given, but this violent treatment has
not found favor in this country. Many
doctors prescribe sponging with cool or
tepid water several times day. The
night-dres should be removed, and the
little sufferer covered with blanket.
Only small portion of the body should
be wetted at once, and dried as quickly
rs possible. Bathing the hands aud
face frequently is very refreshing and
will sometimes induce sleep. 1t is
often matter of no small difficulty to
persuade sick child to take the requi-
site amount of nourishment, and every
device must be made use of to over
come its reluctance. If the child is not
too ill to notice, it will take liquid
more readily if it is put in small cup
or pretty mug. Beef tea should be
made as strong as possible by boiling the
beef in a bottle, and thus extracting the
iced, or even frozen and broken into
little Jumps. 1t may be made into a
thin white soup by adding a little
boiled milk thickened with arrowroot.
The white of an egg beaten and added
to mug of milk increases it's nourish-
ing properties. If stimulant is ordered,
wine whey may be given. 1t is made
by pouring wineglass of sherry or
Madeira into pint of boiling milk and
stirring it for moment until the curds
and whey separate, when it must be
strained and given hot or cold. If a
child has q convulsion it should be
placed in warm bath with a towel
wrung out of cold water on its head,
and after remaining there about five
minutes lifted out and dried in n blank
ct. 1t should be kept as quiet as possi-
BILE until the doctor comes. In no case
does more depend upon early treatment
than in that scourge of childhood, Group.
The ordinary spasmodic Group, though
alarming, is seldom fatal ii taken in
time; but if neglected it may terminate
in Observation-Disclosures or true Group,
from which recovery is much more
doubtful.
The first thing to he done is to pro-
duce vomiting as speedily as possible
To child under year old half tea
spoonful of ipecac may be given ant
repeated within twenty minutes. The
dose may be increased to teaspoonfu
and half for child between two anC
three, and to two teaspoonfuls for on,
of five or six. If there is no ipecac il
the house tablespoonful of mustart
should be mixed in tumbler of warn
water, and doses given beginnin.
with tablespoonful until vomitin!
is established. The little sutlere
should be put into warm bath to rela,
the muscles, and unless relief is oh
tanned a physician should be sent for a
once. Hall a teaspoonful of powdere
alum in dessertspoonful of molasse
is highly recommended by some author
tiles. and may be tried if the docto
cannot be found. The dose may be re
peated in short time. Lar
In diseases of the chest child shoul
be raised by pillows into half sittin
' position, as this makes it more easy fo
!, II to breathe. Great attention shoul
be paid to the ventilation and n cor
, slant supply of fresh air introduced
: taking care that there is no eXposur
,, to draft, and that a uniform temper,
: ture is maintained. When the brain
affected the room must be darkene
, and kept perfectly quiet. The chill
! never should be suddenly aroused, br
spoken to gently and soothingly. If
makes great resistance to taking met
: icine the doctor should be informed. {
l. the excitement produced may do MOI
harm than the medicine would do goot
A sick child never should be left alon
!. for more than few minutes at tim,
q yet it should be carefully guarded frol
i excitement and noise, and other chi
o dren should be kept away fromit.
r Birds should be removed from th
+ room; their loud shrill noise is very al
L noying to weak nerves. AS much cal
o Is needed during convalescence as
the height OF the illness, and sometime
even more is necessary. Each disea!
o has its peculiar dangers. which demar
}, special attention to ward them o.
Y After measles there Is liability
d cold, causing inflammation of u
a lungs. The eyes are still weak, and
o child should not be allowed to use the
II long at once, or to read or work by ga
light. In convalescence from scarf
IS fever, sudden changes OF temperatu
l. that might cause chill are especial
10 to be avoided. In recovering fro
DE- diphtheria and typhoid fever great ,
tention should be paid to the diet.
le danger is not over for some weeks.
10 the latter disease tho glands ulcera
internally; they usually heal, but il
a, proper food may cause unhealthy /
TO uon;. inflammation follows, the ulc
$. perforates the bowels and dea
rs ensues. Hence no new article of d
$, should be given without tho docto
~ leave. nor should the child be permit
70 to use any violent exertion. Elizab
h II. Seocii, in Christian Enion.
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