The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-26

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Summer Disorders Of Infancy.

The most common stomach disorder
is known AS acute gastric catarrh'
acute indigestion, or acute dyspepsia
all three terms signlfying the same
disorder. The chief cause is irrita'
ton due to food. improper In quantity
or quality. spelling in the stomach.
This malady rarely occurs in In
fants fed on good breast milk. unless
something occurs to upset the mother.
Older children often have attacks
from eating too much candy, unripe
fruit, pastry and the like. In grown
people this disorder is called bilious
attack"
In bottle-fed Infants, especially dur
ing the summer months. II Is very
common complaint. The symptoms
are loss OF interest in play and sur
roundings. starting in the sleep. cry
ing with collie pains, drawing up the
legs on the abdomen, sharp, shrill cry,
paleness around the mouth, blueness
of the skin and cold feet; In severe
cases, fever. nausea and vomiting
of nucus and undigc sted food. When
the food has been more than usually
indlgestible there are often convul'
sions and symptoms resembling those
of Inflammation of the brain and
spinal cord.
The writer remembers well a typi
cal case. A child of three years, after
eating q number OF windfallen apples
and drinking two cups of milk, was
suddenly seixed with commissions, oc
curing every half hour or less, and
remained unconscious for hours
Some effort had been made to empty
the stomach by vomiting, but in vain
a feather brought up a mass of humps
OF unripe apple and large. sour curds
| This soon restored the little one tC
consciousness. A thorough enema ant
dose of castor oil freed the alimen
tary canal of the undlgested food ant
polsons produced by Il; but severa
days OF fever followed during which
no food could be retained by the stom
ach, and even water was rejected fol
time. Z
The best treatment in case Of acut,
Indigestion Is TO empty the alimentary
tract at once by an emetlc of warn
water or the stomach lavage; thor
ough enema and a mild cathartic L
free the bowels. Stop all food a
once, and do not try to put anything
into the stomach until the vomiting
ceases, unless It be ice.plls or sips o
hot water.
The collie pains can often be re
lieved by lamentations. In the chill
stage at the onset, warm full bat
or warm sheet pack is good; and
hot mustard foot bath when the fee
are cold. II there is diarrhea, he
enemas. followed by tepid or coo
ones, are often very soothing.
cases OF infants, especially bottle-fe
babies, all milk should DO kept on
Of the food for time. During tn
first twenty-four TO thlrty-slx hour
only pure cold water or ice shoul
be given. After vomiting and purI
ing cease, the child may be fed tea
spoonful or two OF white of egg 9TH
white of one egg mixed with fou
ounces or water or grueD. When tn
patient begins to conyalesce, mill
modified and sterillzed, may gradual
be given.
Watch the effects OF the change @
food, as the stomach is likely to n
main irritable for a long time, an
relapses are common. which, In he
weather especially, may result in cho
era infantum. or some other acute IL
hammatory disorder.