Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-20
Minor Ailments.

A baby may be made uncomfortable and restless by various causes which are readily removed. Attention has already been called to the fact that babies and young children frequently suffer from thirst. They should be offered drink of water several tines a day, and particularly in hot wealth CT When a baby cries in the night. a drink will often quiet him, and send him to sleep.
 Irritating clothing is at time re- sponsible for the baby's fretfulness. Woolen socks, or shirts, or stiff cap strings are quite enough to spoil his comfort, even if he is well, and, in. hot weather especially a superabun- dance of clothing is frequently re- sponsible for much real suffering.
 Dress the baby in the lightest cot ton garments and keep him as cool as possible. Do not be afraid to let him have nothing on but his diaper and one other thin garment on the very hot days.
 Prickly Heat
 One of the troubles from which a baby often suffers in summer is prickly heat. This ailment appears as fine red rash usually on the neck and shoulders and gradually spreads to the head, face and arms. It is caused by overheating, due either to the hot weather or to the fact that the baby is too warmly dressed. The rash comes and goes with the heat, and causes intense itching. The rem edy for it is to take off all the clothing and give the baby sponge bath in tepid water in which cum- mon baking soda has been dissolved. Use 1 tablespoonful of soda to two quarts of water. Use no soap, and do not rub the skin, but pat it dry with a soft towel. After the skin is thoroughly dry, dust the inflamed sur faces with plain talcum powder.
 This ailment, like all others, is more readily prevented than cured. Frequent cool boths, very little cloth rooms, or in the open air will proba- bly, save the summer baby from much of the annoyance of prickly heat and other more serious ills. Chafng.
 Fat babies are very apt to suffer from chafing, especially in hot wealth CT. It appears as a redness of the skin in the buttocks, or in the arm pits, or wherever two skin surfaces consistently rub together
 Much the same treatment is re- ouird as in prckly heat. Never use soap on an inflamed skin. Instead l, rections for these baths are given in publication called Infant Care, which may be had, free, of charge, by addressing request to the Chief of the Children's Bureau, U. s. depart ment of labor, Washington, D. C. Great care should be taken not to let the baby scratch the skin, when it is irritated. Sift together two parts powdered cornstarch, and one part boric acid, and use it freely on the chafed places. Remove wet or soiled Gsapers at once. Wash and dry the fresh thoroughly, then dust the pow der freely between the legs.
 Milk Crust.
 This is disease affecting the scalp. in which yellowish. scaly patches ap- pedI LII tue DdDy nedQ. InGSe patches should be softened by an ointing them with olive oil or vaselin at night, and the head washed with warm water and castillo soap in the morning.
 If the crust does not readily come away, repeat the process until the scalp is clean. Never use fine comb nor the finger nails to remove the crusts, as the slightest irritation of the skin will cause the disease to spread further. The scales will usu- ally disappear after few days of careful treatment.
 Constipation.
 If the baby does not have at least one full bowel movement in 24 hours or in 36 at the outside. he is in need of such care as will bring about this result Preast-fed babies often re- spond to an increased supply of laxa- tive food in the mothers diet. If this is not sufficient. 6-months-old hohU fob f,11 of