ced periods of life. They are seldom, however, dangerous, 
never to be considered as: diseases unless they are violent, or con- 
tinue so Jong as to exhaust the strength of the patient. = 
When vomiting proceeds from an over quantity of food, it may be 
promoted by slight emetics, as tincture of bloodroot, than which 
nothing operates easier. If it proceeds from an increased sensibility 
of the stomach, alkalies, and tonics may be administered, tinctured 
with aromatics. 
A looseness may generally be reckoned salutary, when the stools 
are sour, slimy, green or curdled. It is not the discharge, but the 
_ production of such stools that. ought to. be remedied. Even when 
the purging is thin and watery, it ought not to be checked too sud- 
denly. To remove a severe looseness, an emetic will generally be 
proper, to lay the foundation ; and afterwards, absorbents, alkalies, 
laxatives and aromatics, and anodynes, will be proper to correct the 
acrimony: From what has been said before, the practitioner will be 
able to gather the proper treatment. 5 
CUTANEOUS ERUPTIONS. 
Cuttpren, while on the breast, are seldom free from er 
one kind or other. These, however, are not often dangerot 
never to be dried up, or healed externally, but with 
tion. They tend to free the bodies of infants . 
which, if retained might produce fatal disorders. 5 eee 
The eruptions of children are chiefly owing to improper food and 
neglect of cleanliness. Ifa child be stuffed at all hours with food 
that his stomach is not able to digest, such food, not being properly 
assimilated, instead of nourishing the body, fills it with gross hu- 
mors. These must either break out in form of eruptions upon the 
skin, or remain in the body and occasion fevers and other internal 
disorders. The children of the lowest class of people, and of all — 
who despise cleanliness, are almost constantly found to swarm with — 
vermin, and are generally covered with scab, itch, and other eruptions. - 
When eruptions proceed from any of the above causes, all thatis 
necessary to be done is to observe thorough cleanliness, internally 
and externally, and give such medicines as purify, cleanse, and drive 
out the impure humors. Saffron, in decoction, is generally suffi- 
cient for this purpose in this species of cutaneous eruptions, 
In more vin lent eruptions and impurities of the system, as scab-~ 
bed and scald-heads, or hereditary eruptive diseases, more powerful 
alteratives are required, as decoctions of sarsaparilla, burdock, yel- 
low dock, &c., or the “anti-mercurial syrup,” which will not dis- 
appoint expectation. The tar ointment is very suitable for the scald- 
Chilblains commonly attack children in cold weather. ‘Tl 
Oceasioned generally by the feet or hands being kept long 
cold, and afterwards suddenly heated. This occasions a 
ce humors, and an infraction of the vessels, produci 
tedy this, when the parts look red and swell, th 
