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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: means of invigorating the system. The water should not at any time be below the temperature of 60 Fahr., and should be used tepid at the first, the temperature of succeeding baths being gradually reduced as the child gets' stronger. Any chilliness or languor after the bath are signs that too cold water has been used, or that the bath has been continued too long. To be beneficial the whole process should be rapid. The child should be quickly sponged, and should then be dried briskly with a thick soft towel. The whole body should be afterwards well and firmly rubbed with the open hand to assist the reaction. Of internal remedies little need be said in this place, as full directions will be given afterwards in considering the treatment of the different diseases. The important point to remember is the uselessness of tonics so long as any derangement of the digestive organs remains unconnected. In order that tonics may be beneficial, the stomach and bowels must be in a healthy state. It is only when digestion is restored that these remedies are admissible; they will then prove of extreme service, increasing the vigour of the stomach, and improving the tone of the whole body. To the general list of tonics, cod's liver oil is an important addition. It is, indeed, more a food than a medicine; but for this very reason it should not be given in too large quantities. If more of the oil is being taken than can be digested, the surplus passes down through the bowels, and is seen unchanged in the stools, where it is at once recognised by its appearance and smell. In administering the oil our object should be to give as much as can be readily digested, but no more. For a child under two years of age ten drops will be a sufficient dose at the first. The quantity, after the N first few days...

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