Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-31
Group, and Its Cure.

This disease is with good reaso.
dreaded by most mothers, for compara
lively few families of children grow Nd
without its manifestation among them
in at least Il light form, and no on]
knows that it wifi not speedily ASSUME
a dangerous stage. "Nellie Burns
writes to the american A]griculturt
In providing for winter, the iamil
medicine chest should have due attenl
ton. Much serious illness, and some
times that which would be fatal, maj
be prevented by having some simpi]
remedy Immediately at hand. Espd
cially is this the case with croup.l
dangerous disease, with which a cEM
may be suddenly attacked at night
perhaps when a physician can not b
easily procured. This quickly working
disease can usually be speedily subdue1
by immediate application Of proped
remedies, while by a little delay it may
get beyond the reach of human help. OF
at least be more difficult to cure than
checked at once.
After years of experience with Group
ing children, | find the following treat
ment most effective. Always keep
bottle of sweet OIL. either plenty Of
"hive sirup' or tartar cmetic, i1
powders suited to the age of the child.
At the first croupy cough, which is az
unmistakable sound, wrap the child IN
a warm wooden blanket, and hold il
with its feet to the fire, to induce perl
SEPARATION as quickly as possible. Also
give at once ''hlve sirup" or the tartar
emetic powder. If the latter, mix II
with q little warm water and sugar.
Also rub the throat, chest, and soles Of
the feet with sweet oil, and saturate
piece of flannel with the oil, heat it az
hot as can be borne, and wrap it around
the neck. The child will have little re.
lief until it vomits, when it will fall
into a restless sleep. Keep it in a warm
room during the night, occasionally re-
heating the flannel on the neck.
Group rarely spends itself in one
night, but is apt to return a second ana
third night, often growing more se7era
with each return. So it is highly in,
portant to have the child we'll protected
and kept in a warm atmosphere during
the day.
Min together a cupful of molasscS,
quarter OF q cupful of butter. add sun.
clentc cayenne pepper to give it a sharP
taste. Let the mixture boil sevefa1
minutes. Give the child a teaspoonl'l
every hour until it is relieved.
The dry method of inducing persp'ls1
ton in Group is safer than to miners
the child in water, as there is danger .
taking fresh cold while undressed' anu
i'll being removed from the bath; anu
further. a suffering child will not SUI
NIT to being placed in water Wltnou
CRYING, which WI produce choking spu
coughing, much to its discomfort.
\ mother who has had much succeo,
ful experience in treating Group anlona
her w children and others, teIis y
she keeps syrup of ipecac. sweet u pn
parcgoric, and camphorated oil (of ", W
lathe linimentl in the house. Al 'ud
first Group sound the child is wra2P;
very warmly. and it's feet heated y
mustard water as warm as IL can
borne. AT the same time she beyID
giving syrup of ipecac in small d9;ss
from fifteen to thirty drops, accoful a'a
to the age. repeating it every nan 1h
until free vomiting is secured. ,h ir
neck and chest are bathed in calnpnm
ated oil, and kept warm with eo ooel
batting or several layers OF soft lannr
lAitcl vomiting, and sleep if 1t oe1 Iesi
a ~teaspoonful of q cough mixture s" o1
to an i~nfant) is given every t hl.
four hours, until all croupy syinP
disappear. This cough mixture "Ir
is excellent for any cough. is sln'an
mixture of parts of sweet oil, galei .su1
and syrup of ipecac, and should DC N'f
on hand.-Ameaaca3 A~g71cuNu77S'
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