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The bowels should be regulated by the Compound Podophyllin Pills, or 

 the Compound powder of Jalap. 



The diet should be light, and consist largely of ripe cooked fruits, gruels, 

 broths, and other easily digestible articles. 



Sore throat should be relieved by inhalation of hot vinegar, or by a gargle 

 of Carbolic Acid, 2 drops to 1 ounce of water. If the eyes should become irri- 

 tated and inflamed, they may be relieved by a cool wash of slippery elm, alum 

 curd, rose leaves, or moist tea grounds taken from the pot. 



To Bring them Out. — In cases where the eruption does not appear, 

 warm whiskey sling or the Compound Tinctare of VirgiMia Snake Root may be 

 given to bring it out. 



2. Sometimes when warm drinks fail to bring them out, drinking largely 

 of cold water, and keeping warmly covered in bed, will produce the desired 

 effect. 



3. The following will be found most efficient: Strong balm tea with a 

 little saffron infused, or hot ears of corn, wrapped in a cloth saturated with di- 

 luted vinegar, placed about the body. 



Striking in.— Sometimes the eruption of measles disappears suddenly — 

 then there is cause for alarm, and energetic treatment required; the patient 

 should be directly put into a warm bath, and have warm diluent drinks; if tha 

 pulse sinks rapidly, and there is great prostration of strength, administer wine 

 whey, and the following draughts: 10 drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia, oi 

 5 grains of the scsquicarbonate in J^ an ounce of camphor mixture, with a drop 

 of laudanum every four hours; should the prostration be very great, weak 

 brandy and water may be given. The state of the chest, head, and bowels 

 should be closely watched for some time after the patient is convalescent, as 

 disorders of these organs are very likely to occur, in which case it is probable 

 that there may be pneumonia, hydrocephalus, or diarrhea. 



2. Apply mustard poultices to tlie feet, ankles, wrists, and over the whole 

 abdomen, letting the poultices remain a few minutes and until they produce 

 considerable redness. 



Severe cases of measles are liable to be accompanied with pneumonia, and 

 where there are decided symptoms of this, the Hop Fomentation (see below) 

 should be applied over the whole chest, with warm applications to the feet and 

 legs. The frequent inhalation of the vapor of hot vinegar should be em- 

 ployed. 



Chronic sore eyes, diarrhea, a lingering cough, etc., are liable to follow 

 severe cases of measles, and these should be treated according to the indications 

 of each individual case. 



Malignant Measles.— This is a variety which commences with the 

 above symptoms in an aggravated form; the rash quickly assumes a livid hue, 

 alternately reviving and disappearing, and is mixed up witli dark red spots like 

 flea-bites; in this form of the disease we have extreme debility and alf the symp- 

 toms of putrid fever, like which it should be treated. No time should be lost 

 in procuring medical aid 



