292 “MIE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
WATER ON THE BRAIN. 
We have already spoken of water on the brain in connection 
with convulsions or fits. The following are the principal 
causes of the disease :—Concussion, general weakness of the 
brain, relaxed condition of the body, excrescences within the 
skull, exposure to cold southerly winds and rains, watery state 
of the blood, &c., &c. It generally attacks children between 
the ages of twelve and eighteen months, or even up to three or 
four years, and may be known by the disproportionate size of 
the head, the motion which the child makes with one or both 
hands, pain in the crown of the head or over the eyes, sick- 
ness, dulness, general heaviness, and irregularity of the pulse. 
The skin is either flushed or pallid, and the child is often 
delirious and convulsed. 
Treatment : An elastic bandage should be applied eea 
the head to keep up a gentle pressure. A hot bath to the 
lower parts. Put the child in up to the navel for ten minates ; 
wipe dry, dress in warm underclothing, put the hot bottle to 
the feet, produce and keep up perspiration ; then give the 
medicine indicated, sudorifics, diuretics, and stimulants 
Prepare the following :-— 
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Broomtops..vs+csneeserecvecceveveness Half ounce, 
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Simmer in one and a half pints of water for 15 minutes ; strain, 
sweeten, and give in sufficient doses to keep up perspiration, 
and stimulate the kidneys. Under a year a teaspoonful every 
hour. Thedosemay be increased up to atablespoonful forolder 
children. In severe cases it will be needful to give injections 
and emetics every day, or every other day. An injection may 
be prepared by putting a teaspoonful of lobelia powder into a 
cupful of the mixture. Let it come to the boil, cover, and 
when milk-warm, strain, sweeten with a teaspoonful of treacle, 
and inject half of it into the bowels. Try and keep it ina few 
