326 DR. CEASE'S RECIPES. 



and griping. A few drops of laudanum in the injections may be given. If 

 pain is excessive; but generally it is not needed. 



Either of the following have been found useful : Bicarbonate of soda, 13 

 grs. ; common salt, 6 grs. ; chlorate of potash, 6 grs. Mix and take in cold 

 water. Or the following : Acetate of lead, 20 grs. ; opium, 12 grs. Make into 

 12 pills and take one every half hour until looseness ceases. 



Eclectic or Fferbal Treatment for Cholera Morbus. — No time must be lost 

 in treating the severe stages of this disease. Give the patient copious drinks of 

 whey, warm barley-water, thin water gruel, or weak chicken broth. Bathe the 

 feet and legs in warm saleratus water, and apply warm fomentations of hops 

 and vinegar to the bowels. In addition to these, apply a poultice of well-stewed 

 garden mint, or a poultice of mustard and strong vinegar will be found of much 

 service. The vomiting and purging may be stopped by the following : Ground 

 black pepper, 1 table-spoonful; table salt, 1 table-spoonful; warm water, J^ 

 tumblerful; cider vinegar, J^ tumblerful. Dose, a table-spoonful every few 

 minutes. Stir and mix each time until the whole is taken. 



The evacuations, however, should not be stopped till the patient feels very 

 weak. Nourishing diet .should be taken by the patient. A wineglass of cold 

 camomile tea once or twice a day would be very beneficial, as would ten drops 

 of elixir of vitriol three or four times a day, or a tea made of black or Virginia 

 snake-root. Flannel should be worn next to the skin, and the warm bath should 

 be frequently resorted to. 



CHOLERA INFANTUM, otherwise known as the summer complaint 

 of children, has been by some regarded as belonging erclusively to America. 

 It has been ascertained, however, that this disease prevails in Europe, where it 

 is called by a different name. It usually attacks children under four years of 

 age, and generally between the months of June and October. 



Symptoms. — There is at first diarrhea and the stools are sometimes of a 

 watery, colorless consistence; at others they have a greenish -yellow appearance; 

 the pulse is quick, the head and abdomen are hot, while the limbs are cold. The 

 child seems to suffer more or less pain, as indicated by its crying, and fre- 

 quently screams as if suffering acutely. The disease often terminates unfavor- 

 ably and sometimes within a few hours; again, it continues for several weeks, 

 and the little sufferer becomes very much emaciated, his eyes sunken, counte- 

 nance pale, and yet a recovery is possible. 



Causes. — From the fact that it oftener occurs during the summer months 

 ihan at any other time of the year, it may be inferred that the temperature 

 greatly influences the prevalence of this disease. It more frequently attacks 

 the poorer classes, or those living in unhealthy sections, although the children 

 of the wealthy are likewise subject to it. Teething, change of diet at the time 

 of weaning, and unhealthy, diluted milk, may be the exciting causes of this 

 disease so common to children. 



Cholera infantum is more prevalent in our large cities, it being compara- 

 tively unknown in rural districts. Often these little sufferers are greatly 



