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smear a piece of muslin with lard, sprinkle it with snnff, and keep 

 It on the throat and upper part of the chest until all the symptoms 

 are removed, changing it two or three times a day. Keep up an 

 expectoration by giving goose oil on sugar. During an attack of 

 croup a child may be put into a warm bath and kept in it ten or 

 fifteen minutes. Keep the feet and body warm. Through the day 

 let :he drink be flaxseed tea, or slippery elm tea, and \\1th a little 

 lemon juice in it. Keep the bowels open. Have every thing ready 

 for an attack the second night, and proceed upon tlie first* syinp- 

 toms of its return as directed above. 



Hooping Cough. — Give an emetic, the Prescription No 2, if pos- 

 sible ; keep the bowels open ; put a plaster between the shoulders. 

 Let the child go out in pleasant weather, during the warm part of 

 the day, and exercise moderately. Let the diet be the most nutri- 

 tious that can be easily digested, — boiled chicken, cliicken broth, 

 beef tea, etc. Let the sleeping room be ventilated in some way 

 without the air blowing on the bed. If possible, remove the child 

 to some other vicinity, as a change of air often eflects a cure with- 

 out other means. 



" The most frequent of all the complaints which the housewife or 

 mother is called upon to relieve is a cold. This affection, if taken 

 in time, can be cured with ver}^ little trouble and the most simple 

 medicines ; neglected and allowed to fasten upon any important 

 organ of the body, the most disastrous results ensue. 



" Colds are caused by a check to the insensible perspiration ; 

 therefore the first thing to be done is to restore perspiration.'' 

 (Here let us caution all our readers against taking cold. We quote 

 from the "American Family Physician.^'') ''Cold is uiidoubtedly 

 the most common cause of disease. To experience the injurious 

 consequences of cold does not require that one should remain in a 

 cold atmosphere until chilled through ; it is equally })ernicious to 

 pass suddenly from a very warm apartment to a cold one, espe- 

 cially if the former be dry and the latter damp; to stand for a time 

 upon a cold pavement or floor, or upon snow or ice, until the feet 

 become cold ; to remain standing in a cold, damp place for a long 

 time ; to remove the coat or vest when in profuse perspiration, 

 even in midsummer, or in winter to toast the feet by a warm fire 

 and then to get into a cold bed." 



One seldom takes cold while in active exercise, even if thinly 

 clad, in cold weather; but a moment's cessation may produce that 

 result. One is not as likely to take cold if the whole person is 

 exposed at once to the cold atmosphere, as when, through some 

 open door, raised window, or insidious crack, a draft comes which 

 cools only one portion of the body. Children take cold by being 

 taken from the chair, crib, or bed and placed on the floor. I hero 

 is always a cooler current of air near the floor, loung girls lay 

 the foundation of most terrible sufterings, and often death, by ex- 

 posing themselves during the menstrual period. ^Ve urge upou 



