ipes, green stools, the thrush, fever, difficult breathing, 2 
Wa _ Children have been known to lose the use ofan 
eg, or of both, till the tooth was through, and then recover it imt 
diately, without any medical assistance. _ : : Cae 
__ Difficult teething requires nearly the same treatment as an inflam- - 
matory disease. If the body be bound, it must be opened, either — 
by gentle purgatives, or by clysters. Magnesia is very appropriate ; 
if too much relaxed, the chalk julep may be given. Diluting teas, 
as of sage, balm, or elder flowers, should be used ; to which may be 
added a fourth paft of milk. Spirits of hartshorn, from fix 
peeps ops every four hours, ina spoonful of water, will 
‘lieve. Burgundy pitch plasters may also be applied. 
Cutting the gums to favor the passage of the teeth, is of 
nefit, and may be employed in all cases where the gums offer much 
resistance to the teeth. ‘This operation may be performed with a 
lancet, or any moderately sharp instrument, or even with the thumb 
or finger nails. a 
In order to render teething less difficult, parents ought to take 
care that ‘their children’s food be light and wholesome, and_ that 
their nerves be braced by sufficient exercise without doors, the cold 
bath, &c. Pee ae 
Infants, during dentition, are subject to. sudd 01 
about the wind-pipe, producing a temporary fee li f suf 
with a crowing sound ; but there is no hoarse cough. [ti 
take place suddenly at night, when crying. This may be 
by anti-spasmodics, and laxatives. : ee 
ay 
OF THE RICKETS. 
Tus disease generally attacks children between the age of nine- 
monthsand_ two years. -Itaffects the bones. ‘The head is sometimes 
enlarged to an enormous size ; the wrists and ancles seem protub 
rant, and as the bones increase in size, the child grows weaker. 
~ One cause of the rickets is diseased parents. Mothers of a 
~~ 
This disease, 
of the nurse. 
ing it thoroughly clean in its clothes, has the mast perni¢ious ef 
hose Children who are much dandled and danced, kept clean 
tly in motion, carried sometimes on one, and somet 
will be forever strangers to this disorder. A’ 
ways be kept in motion, unless when asleep. 
