302 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
supposed, by contagion. It may be distinguished from smail- 
pox, cow-pox, and chicken-pox, by the peculiarity of the 
symptoms, which are: a discharge of watery humours from 
the nose and eyes, sneezing, coughing, &c., with a copious 
supply of red spots generally covering the whole surface of the 
body, which become fainter as the disease subsides, and 
finally fall offin thin mealy scales. Ifimproperly managed, it 
leaves a virus behind, which vitiates the blood, and forms. 
Scurvy, running at the ears, scald head, scrofula, sciatica, 
white swelling, dropsy, and consumption. 
Treatment : Keep the patient in a warm, well-ventilated 
room, give the pulmonic syrup in a weak infusion of 
composition and pleurisy powder, alternated with a tea made of 
marigolds and agrimony, or pennyroyal. Keep in for some 
time after the disappearance of the eruptions. 
It is sometimes difficult to distinguish the difference of 
these eruptive troubles. The Americans tell of an old quack 
who was called to see a family of three children who were ill. 
The first, he said, had the scarlet fever; the second had the 
measles; the third one had ’em mixed. 
WORMS. 
Children are often troubled with worms, of which there are 
three kinds—the Teenia, or ‘‘ tape-worm,” Ascarides, or small 
‘‘ seat-worm,” and the Teres, or “ round worm.” They are 
not the cause of disease, but simply the effect of a bad 
condition of the body. ‘There is nothing more tedious or 
troublesome to parents whose children are thus afflicted, and: 
which, despite the efforts to remove, stiJl infest the body. The 
first things to be considered in the removal of worms are the 
symptoms and condition of the patient. Sudden startings in 
the sleep, twitching of the muscles, grinding of the teeth, 
itching and scratching of the seat, rubbing and picking the 
nose, paleness of the features, griping pains, and tainted 
breath, are sure signs that the digestive organs are greatly 
disarranged, and that worms of one kind or other infest the 
body. The thing to be done is to correct the stomach: 
