304 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY JIERB DOCTOR, 
cold, clammy feeling. The symptoms, which may develop 
very quickly, point out the gravity of the case, which ought to 
receive our most earnest care and treatment. If the child is 
not too exhausted, let the stomach be cleansed with a simple 
emetic, for it is here the trouble often begins. Infuse half an 
ounce of ground ivy in a teacupful of boiling water, cover, let 
it stand ten minutes, strain off about half, sweeten with lump 
sugar, and give freely every five minutes in teaspoonful doses 
for about an hour; then strain off three tablespoonfuls more 
of the infusion, into which put five drops of antispasmodic 
tincture and a teaspoonful of syrup of lobelia, sweeten with 
lump sugar, keep warm by the fire, give a teaspoonful every ten 
minutes till the whoie is taken. This will act as an emetic, 
clear the stomach of the choleraic matter, and waken up the 
action of the intestines. This treatment is first, and if neglected, 
our efforts to stop the purging may be fruitless. Having thus 
relieved the stomach of its irritating contents, we must now 
give a medicine to relieve the intestines. For this purpose a 
grain of the compound powder of leptandrum (in a little of the 
infusion, without the lobelia and tincture), which is composed 
of— 
COMPOUND LEPTANDRUM POWDER. 
Pee PIN ooo oe 4 sobre Mone 4 yond vd es One drachm. 
Podophyllin ........... sg Sisk weep aa Be Twenty grains. 
ON ta sag Sh Bepeshitse wt Ff-0 Phew pe Half drachm. 
Hydrastis ......... er eee ry Fialf drachm. 
Rub well together. The ordinary adult dose is from two to 
three grains immediately after meals, taken in a little roast 
apple, or jam. 
Continue to give the infusion; see that the child is kept 
warm and the room well ventilated. For a food give the 
digestive powder or food (see index) ; prepare it with boiling 
milk, and give it as the stomach will bear it. The dose given 
above is for a child from 12 to 18 months, if older or younger, 
regulate the dose to suit the age. For an astringent medicine 
give the Diarrhcea Mixture No. 2; if the child is over two 
