The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-11

The most common emergency in the
nursery is vomiting. To the shame OF
the mothers, this is q. recurreut emerg-
ency. The child is relieved, but not
cured. The cause is not sought and
removed.
acute or chronic. Sometimes n child
has overloaded its stomach without the
knowledge or consent OF the parents.
Again these recurrent stomach at
tacks'' are due to regular diet which
does not agree with the child. In
the latter case, the vomiting must first
be treated, then the diet must be
changed.
When tho vomiting starts al food
must be stopped bottle food, breast
milk and even water, until the attack
is over. One of two cathartics should
be given, castor Oil or calonel. Gallo
mel is more apt to be retained. The
dose is one-tenth Of one-fourth Of a
grain at intervals OF half an hour until
one grain has been given to a baby,
two grains for an older child. If the
child is old enough to drink from cup,
solution OF baldng-powder, one tea
spoonful to a glass Of water. should be
slipped at intervals. No food should
be given until the vomiting has ceased,
and the water can be retained
Then the nursing baby should be
given the breast for considerably less
than the usual time so that the stom-
ach shall not be overloaded. The bot
tie baby should have its milk or food
amount Of boiled water or barley
water. The child old enough to eat
solid food should be given only q few
tablespoonfuls of clear broth or bouil-
lon at first, and no solid food until
normal conditions are restored.
If the mother finds that she cannot
control this vomiting. say in eight or
ten hours, she should send for the
family physician. 1t may be a symp-
tom of some acute illness, like meas
les, pneumonia, scarlet fever, etc
Dtarrhea, especially when the baby
is teething, strikes terror to the ma
ternal heart.
Treatment must be prompt and firm.
All food must be stopped at once, and
a cathartic must be given Immediately.
Castor-ou is the safest and most
soothing cathartio for young children.
Up to six months, the dose is a tsa-
spoonful OF oil After that a table
spoonful may be administered with
good results. II the small stomach
will not retain the oil, give calomel in
the same dose prescribed for vomiting
This treatment will suffice until doc
tor is summoned. Sometimes IT proves
so ef6cacioGs that q physician is not
required.
But better far than curing dtarrhea
is preventing it.
milk and wrong food Keep the milk
for the bottle-fed baby clean and cool
Do not allow the breast-fed or bottle
fed baby to overload it's stomach.
Group is another nursery terror. This
is the spasmodlc contraction OF the
Iarynx, and may accompany a severe
cold or may manifest its presence be-
fore the mother realizes that the child
has taken cold. Some babies go through
their nursery days without a single at
tack OF this terrifying maIady. Others
are subject to IT
Usually the patient wakes suddenly,
gasping for breath. A mother who has
once heard the sound never fails to
recognize it in its first stages. The
breathing is slow, noisy and heavy.
The patient Is greatly distressed.
Sometimes there is a metallic, barking
cough. Again this may be missing.
DIR. bennett. in THE Healthy Baby"
prescribes the following treatment for
Group:
"l) Wiring out dry In cold water