«28 DR. CEASE'S RECIPES. 



Triatmbwt. — Cut the hair as closely as possible; wash the head with cas- 

 tile soap and water, then apply at night on going to bed a large flaxseed meal 

 poultice and let remain until morning, when the poultice should be removed, 

 and with it all loose incrustations. This poultice should be applied from time to 

 time, if there should any new crusts form. On removing the poultice cleanse 

 the scalp with carbolic acid soap and warm water, then use the following oint- 

 ment : Carbolic acid, 10 grs. ; vaseline, 3 ozs. Mix, and apply every morning 

 suflacient to anoint slightly all the diseased parts. Wash the scalp each time 

 with carbolic acid soap before applying the ointment. 



To increase the general tone of the system, the muriate tincture of iron In 

 5 drop doses may be given in 1 table-spoonful of water, 3 times daily. 



THKXJSH.— This is one of the most common diseases of infancy. It la 

 characterized by a peculiar eruption of minute pustules, and a whitish incrusta- 

 tion of the tongue. 



Symptoms. — There are generally much thirst, restlessness, languor, acid and 

 flatulent eructations, loose and griping i:.tools, drowsiness, pain, difficulty of 

 sucking, and a copious flow of saliva from the mouth. The stomach and 

 bowels are almost always prominently disordered,|and the infant is apt to vomit 

 after taking anything into its stomach. The abdomen is often sore to the touch, 

 and great difficulty of swallowing is experienced. Feeble and sickly children 

 scarcely ever escape this disease ; children, also, who are kept in crowded or 

 ill-ventilated apartments are especially liable to it. 



Treatment.— The first object is to restore the healthy condition of the 

 stomach and bowels, if disordered. Where the ejections from the stomach are 

 sour, and the alvine evacuations of a grass-green color, from 3 to 4 grains of 

 magnesia, with 2 grains of rhubarb, and 1 of powdered valerian should be given 

 every two or three hours until the bowels are freely evacuated. If there is 

 much general irritability and restlessness after this, the tepid bath, followed by 

 a drop or two of laudanum, should be employed. The mucous membrane of 

 the intestines is apt to become highly irritated in severe cases; the alvine evacu- 

 ations in such instances are frequent, watery, and streaked with blood. When 

 these symptoms are present, a large emollient poultice should be applied over 

 the abdomen in conjunction with the internal use of minute portions of Dover's 

 powder, with a solution of gum arable as drink. Borax is a familiar remedy 

 with nurses and mothers as well as the profession. It may be used either in 

 form of powder or in solution. If the former is employed, 2 or 3 grains of it, 

 mixed with a small portion of pulverized loaf sugar, must be thrown into the 

 mouth every 2 or 3 hours; if the solution be used, a drachm of the borax should 

 be dissolved in 2 ozs. of water, and applied to the mouth with a soft linen rag 

 tied to the extremity of a pliable piece of whalebone, or with a soft feather. 

 The practice of forcibly rubbing off the eruption is extremely reprehensible; 

 for, when rubbed off in this way, the crust is soon renewed in an aggravated 

 form. Where the mouth is very red, livid or ulcerated, we must have recourse 

 to a decoction of bark. A J^ oz. of powdered bark, boiled about 30 minutes in 

 ^ pt. of water, will make a suitable decoction; and of this about tba third of a 

 tea-spoonful maj be put imto the ckild's luoutk envj kour or inH». 



