280 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
Raspberry Leaves ....... feeb be eee One ounce. 
BIGRRAE A chi d 57S. Ss. 6 5g“ yt 9 yeu goeite Half ounce. 
Simmer in one and a half pints of water ten minutes, cool, and 
strain through a fine cloth, and bathe the sores with a piece of 
soft rag; when they are dried with a very soft cloth apply the 
healing ointment or vaseline on a thin rag over the sores. 
For an internal medicine give the following :— 
Sarsaparilla Root ......... serevees. One-ounce, 
arr Oe ee er eee oe oe socese+ Half ounce. 
ERC MNIOL 0:9 9g ao ob ar ok Us xe poe Half ounce. 
Burdock Root..... eR a ytd nls ele Half ounce. 
PPE AMETCOOE « 5 24! 55:5 leie 4 dia’s 44 Fy stds Quarter ounce.. 
Simmer the roots in a pint and a half of water down toa pint, 
or for half an hour; take off the fire, put in the clivers, stir,. 
and let it cool, strain, sweeten with lump sugar, and give from 
a teaspoonful to a dessert spoonful four to six times a day,. 
according to age. If the bowels are confined put in a few 
drops tincture of mandrake or give infants’ soothing syrup. 
CONVULSIONS OR FITS 
Are very common with children, and are always connected with. 
other forms of disease. The causes are various; such as 
internal irritation, congestion, acidity of the stomach, teething,. 
inflammation, fever, constipation of the bowels, water on the 
brain, determination of blood to the head, worms, &c., and. 
often from the application of mercurial precipitate, or zinc 
ointments, for the purpose of removing ringworms, sores 
behind the ears, and other eruptive diseases. In treating 
convulsionsit will be necessary to know the causes from whence. 
they arise. The most common cause is derangement of the- 
stomach. When this is suspected, give an emetic of lobelia 
fluid extract, if you can get it, 12 drops in a teaspoonful of 
warm water ; if not, an infusion of the herb, half ounce to the 
cup of boiling water, given in teaspoonful doses every five 
minutes till vomiting takes place. Keep the child on the left 
side, and prepare a warm bath with some bitter infusion— 
