298 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR, 
shiverings, with delirium and grinding of the teeth is often 
followed by unconsciousness and death. 
Although this is not a disease peculiar to children, yet it 
often attacks them, and being less able to resist it, they are in 
greater danger than adults. The treatment for a child is 
similar to that for scarlet fever; the warm bath, hot bottle or 
brick wrapped in a cloth, and infusion of equal parts of 
composition and fever powders. Fever powder, which we shall 
refer to often, as we have found it so good, is prepared as 
follows :— 
FEVER POWDER. 
Lobelia Herb, in powder ...... nana ae w . One ounce. 
Crawley Root, ‘3 kerb Sia aveek ra a ARETE OPS 
Skunk Cabbage, ,, en Roe ee One ounce. 
Pleurisy Root, Pt A re One ounce. 
Mix well. This powder given in half teaspoonful doses in 
warm water, sweetened, will usually bring outa perspiration in 
half an hour; or a teaspoonful in a pint of boiling 
water ; steep one hour, strain, sweeten, and giveas much as the 
stomach will bear till the patient is in a perspiration; lessen 
the quantity then so as to keep open the pores. When this 
has been taken, the composition (made pleasant) alone will 
suffice till the eruption is well out. Now make a medicine as 
follows :-— 
Sarapenicy.or Eve's Cup i vwes ede 's vee a4 AONE, 
WHA Bate ee e5- ices bes ak ee oe Se ee One oz. 
Nearigold PIOWGTS. . 4-4 ..40bie ees toe ty os One oz. 
HVGTS 44.464 40K 4% éobiintabe: BA Tee kas oar Coates 
VAPVAID cs iise esitenss eer ee hee it One oz. 
Bayberry Bark, in coarse powder.......... One oz. 
Gently simmer the whole in a quart of water ; strain, and for 
children, if they will not take it without, sweeten it, and give 
according to age; the adult dose being a wineglassful every two 
hours till the crisis has been passed, which is generally the 
eighth day. Keep the bed clean. Be sure that the clothes 
are dry and warm when puton. To quench the thirst, which is 
sometimes very great, dissolve half a teaspoonful of cream of 
