DISEASES OF CHILDREN. 279 
INFANTS DIARRH@A Syrup, No. 1.— 
Baye Leth. yen ees bs et teesnseas- Half ounce 
NCEE E eg i Se cas dS Quarter ounce. 
Cranesbill, or Herb Robert .......... Half ounce. | 
Os RCL Oo Taaey Patan ..... Teaspoonful. 
Simmer the whole in a pint of boiling water for ten minutes, 
mix well, strain, sweeten with lump sugar, and give a 
teaspoonful four or six times a day. 
If the looseness continues after having given. the medicine 
two days, give Emetic No. 2, and follow. on with the same 
. medicine for another day, adding six drops of tincture of 
mandrake during the day; and should it show no signs of 
stopping, prepare and give a medicine as follows :— 
INFANTS’ DIARRHG@A Syrup, No. 2.— 
Cranesbill Root....... pie c oe ha »eees+s One ounce. 
Marshmallow Root ........... te Boo, Half ounce. 
CTNTIATINOR I) eel ee OSs ee ees Quarter ounce. 
Bruise and boil the whole in a pint of water down to half a 
pint, strain, sweeten well with lump sugar, and givea teaspoon- 
ful six or eight times a day. 
Keep in mind that the medicines here recommended can 
do no harm, inasmuch as they cure by removing the causes, 
whilst in themselves they are as harmless as the mother's milk, 
Never forget to keep the infant clean, dry, and warm, and give 
it, when its health is returning, plenty of nursing in the pure 
open air. 
SORES BEHIND THE EARS 
Arise from a vitiated condition of the blood, full habit of 
body, want of cleanliness, infection, or from transmitted 
scorbutic disease. ‘They are simply manifestations of nature 
seeking to rid the body of impurity. 
TREATMENT.—Wash the sores with tepid water and 
glycerine or healing soap every night and morning. Make 
a decoction of raspberry leaves and lobelia thus :— 
