DISEASES OF CHILDREN. 303 
and digestive tract. f° the skin does not look healthy, a 
course of medicine once a week will be advisable. Make a 
medicine as tullows :— 
Pink ROOt sassy pet. seen ss rtees One ounce, 
SON Gom sae eo we cee casvecvee, Halfounces 
Extract of Butternut ..... pitas digs Sie Quarter ounce. 
Gum Myrrh, in powder .............. A teaspoonful. 
Dissolve in hot water ; infuse one hour, strain, sweeten with 
treacle, and give from a tablespoonful to a wineglassful two or 
three times a day. If there is irritation at the rectum, some of 
this may be injected. Make it a little stronger with a pinch 
of powdered aloes. This will destroy the parasites and give 
relief. There ate numerous remedies for worms. You may 
try any of those you fancy, till you get the right. (See index.) 
Tansy flowers powdered, mixed into an electuary with 
treacle, is a good vermifuge. A teaspoonful for a child above 
three years, less for younger ones, will, if given the first thing 
in the morning, soon clear the stomach and intestines of the 
pests. 
CHOLERA INFANTUM. 
We have already referred to similar troubles under the 
head of colic, gripes, wind, and looseness of the bowels. 
These may be said to be the milder forms of this disease, 
which, in some of the more northern parts of the colonies, 
carry off many dear ones; while in America, where the 
summers are extremely hot, the mortality of children is often 
alarming for two or three months in the year. The causes 
are, a high temperature, which rises above the inward heat of 
the body—so to speak, raises the stream above the fountain—- 
which is always a dangerous condition, especially if the pores 
of the skin are not kept open and free perspiration maintained, 
bad sanitary surroundings, eating unripe fruit or unwholesome 
food, &c. The symptoms are, prostration, face pale, dark 
appearance of the lips, eyes turned up and partly closed; the 
pulse is weak and irregular, vomiting and purging of thin, 
watery, clay-coloured stools; the surface of the body has a 
