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warm water with ashes in it. After the bowels have been 

 opened and the emetic taken, give saffron, and Virginia 

 snake-root, made into a weak tea ; two parts of the former 

 and one of the latter. Keep the bowels open ; and keep the 

 patient cool and quiet, with low diet. 



WORMS. 



SYMPTOMS. Paleness ; bad breath ; itching at the nose ; 

 constant hunger ; slow fever ; wasting away of the flesh ; 

 cheeks flushed at times, etc. 



TREATMENT. Take 



Carolina pink-root, half an ounce. 



Senna, half an ounce. 



Manna, half an ounce. 



Boiling water, one pint ; sweeten, and add a little milk ; 

 give a gill three times a day. 



Powdered charcoal, in new milk, is considered a cure 

 in simple cases. 



Another mode of treatment is as follows : Give three 

 or four grains of calomel ; the next day, give the same 

 quantity of powdered aloes. Continue this treatment for 

 a week. 



SUMMER COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN ; OR LOOSENESS 

 OF THE BOWELS. 



TREATMENT.- 

 Rhubarb, -\ 



Saleratus, C equal parts, say, twenty grains. 

 Spearmint, y 



Mix in half a pint of warm water, sweeten, and give a 

 table-spoonful every two hours till the disease abates. 

 Powdered charcoal and magnesia is good. 



