Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-18
f. BUSINESS HALT: AUTOMOBILES AND FEMI]
By ]. H. KELLOGG. NJ. D., IL. D.

NEW babies are fortunate enough t.
l. complete the first year Of their exist.
ence without some experience with the
pains Of collie. particularly If they belong
TO the host Of bottle-fed infants
Collie Is chiefly result Of indigestion
in some FORM although chilling Of the
skin is not an infrcuuent cause. The
attack presaged by sudden and violent
crying, alternate doubling up and
traightoning of the body, kicking and
luirming movemCn nts, is most trying TO
yth the babe and the mother. who, If
not sufficiently well informed as to
causes and remedy, may be quite at
loss as TO what to do to relieve the little
sufferer, perhars already blue i'm the
face or cold and exhausted from its ef-
forts to get relief. The severe pain is
usually due to distention by gas, the
abdomen in general being swollen and
hard
a well-known authority says, THE
most important period of life so far as
| nutrition is concerned is the first year,
and the only opinion the individual can
then express of the food given or the
method of it's administration is In the
way the digestive organs dispose of II
and the way every organ of the body
grows and develops functional power
There is one natural food for the child
during its first year, but It does not al
ways follow that this is kindly received
! by the stomach or that it fulhlls its
| function Of nutrition If after nursing
/ the infant suffers from collie, is troubled
/ with gas and vomits it is a sign that II
IS taking too much at meal, that it is
eating too often. that there is some dis
. s,rt III. ~
difficulty is with the food. This may
be faulty I'm composition or wanting In
some important element, or some element
may be i'm excess while others are de-
/ iiclent. Bottle fed babies usually eat
4 too fast, because they are given the
bottle while lying in such position that
they must either swallow or choke, the
milk comes 80 fast To feed a baby ma
ture should be, inflated"
! Contrary to a quite common notion,
| feeding in case of an attack of collie
does not effect relief II is true the warm
milk often stops the crying for a short
time, but eventually it increases the in
digestion and the pain in consequence.
To prevent recurring attacks of collie
the stomach should be allowed special
rest, either through a lessened amount
of food given or by lengthening the in
terval between meals. If bottle fed, the
I character of the food may require chang
ing. This, however, is a matter which
should receive attention from a physician
or nurse skilled in the care of children
A very common cause of collie is an eX-
cess of protein In the baby's food, some
Of which is not digested and remaining
in the colon, undergoes fermentation
and forms gas.
Care needs be taken to keep the little
one warmly clothed at all times, that
there be occasioned no chilling of the
surface of the body
An enema-using water of tempera.
ture of 90 to 90 degrees--is among the
best measures for relief not only OF
the pain, but of the constipated condition
of the bowel, the probable prime cause o
an attack.
Gentle rubbing of the abdomen fol
several minutes will not infrequently
give relief.
In severe attacks fermentation ar
piled over the abdomen for ten or fifteeI
minutes, used in conjunction with tn,
hot enema, will generally relieve thl
pain. For this, use flannel cloths doubled
in two or three thicknesses and larg,
enough to cover well the entire abdomen
Holding the ends of the doubled flannel
dip the central portion in very hot waite
and wiring, by twisting the ends, al
nearly dry as possible Apply a dr.!
flannel cloth next the skin, place tn
hot, moist cloth above this and cove
with a second dry flannel to help re
tain the heat as long as possible. A
the close of the fermentation a shor
cooling application should be made. Th
hot application may be renewed agail
after an hour or more if necessary.