HOME REMEDIES FOR COMMON DISEASES 743 



It is an excellent substitute in cases in which milk does 

 not agree well. 



CHOLERA INFANTUM 



Symptoms. — Vomiting and purging, sometimes al- 

 most incessant ; spasmodic pain in stomach and bowels ; 

 great prostration; bowels bloated or sunken; other 

 symptoms mentioned in connection with the preceding 

 disease. 



Eecent investigations have shown that cholera in- 

 fantum is probably due to poison produced by a germ 

 or germs known as tyrotoxicon or other similar poi- 

 sons. This poison was first found in cheese by Pro- 

 fessor Vaughan, of the University of Michigan. 



Treatm^ent. — The treatment should be essentially 

 the same as that described for cholera morbus. The 

 application of cold to the stomach is also very bene- 

 ficial. When the child cannot swallow ice, ice water 

 may be given in very small quantities every few min- 

 utes. A matter of very great importance in the treat- 

 ment of cholera infantum is giving the stomach entire 

 rest. No attempt should be made to feed the child for 

 at least twenty-four hours. There will be no suffering 

 for want of food if it is withheld as long as the stomach 

 is in such a condition. 



This poison is readily formed from milk, but not 

 so readily developed from other substances ; hence the 

 necessity of withholding milk in these cases until nature 

 has had time to rid the alimentary canal of the poison- 

 producing germs. 



