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Syrup, No. I, steengthened, if necessary, with tincture of 
mandrake. 
INFANTS’ ANTI-SCORBUTIC MEDICINE, No. 2. 
DOck-root, Gide tity. Cots en ree ce One ounce. 
Queen’s delight, in powder .......... Quarter ounce. 
GROCER giant tae tety kata soe ees seecoese- One ounce. 
TPREIEOUY ve cg eee don. Foo ais tA eps popes One ounce. 
Altetative POWOCT oc eicscawrs ces .»+.. Atablespoonful. 
Gently simmer the whole in a quart of water, down to a pint 
and a half, strain, sweeten well with lump sugar, and add a 
tablespoonful of tincture of stillingia (Queen’s delight.) (See 
Index). | 
Give of this mixture a teaspoonful four times a day, if the 
child is twelve, months old; or more or less in pro- 
portion to the age, Should the stomach require it, give 
Infants’ Emetic Syrup, No. 1 or No. 2, as necessary, No. 1 
is the best for children very young at the breast. No. 2, if 
over twelve months. Give a warm medicated bath occasionally 
of clivers, and as much exercise daily in the open air as 
possible. Always remember to raise the perspiration 
immediately after the bath, by giving warm ground ivy tea. 
RICKETS 
Are generally found in children between the ages of nine 
months and three or four years. There is generally protrusion 
of the breast-bone ; flabbiness of the flesh, and often distortion 
of the spine and limbs. ‘The countenance is pale, the cheeks 
sallow, with cough, debility, hardness of the bowels, difficulty 
of breathing, and a disinclination to motion, softness of the 
bones. The causes that lead to this condition are generally 
hereditary. Weak mothers in the older countries, who have to 
work hard upon indifferent nourishment, and live in unwhole- 
some houses and neighbourhoods; the same may apply to 
the father. There is little to be expected from medicine alone, 
as long as the unfortunate conditions which are the remote 
cause continue. What is termed hygiene is the best remedy. 
