Chapter XXXIV: Common Diseases of the Nose, Mouth and Chest

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"Catching cold"--Sitting on the floor--Kicking the bedclothes
off--Inadequate head covering--Subjecting baby to different
temperatures suddenly--Wearing rubbers--Direct
infection--Acute nasal catarrh--Acute coryza--Acute
rhinitis--"Cold in the head"--"Snuffles"--Treatment of
acute nasal catarrh, or rhinitis, or coryza, or "cold in the
head," or "snuffles"--Chronic nasal catarrh--Chronic
rhinitis--Chronic discharge from the nose--Nervous or
persistent cough--Adenoids as a cause of persistent
cough--Croup--Acute catarrhal laryngitis--Spasmodic
croup--False croup--Tonsilitis--Angina--Sore throat--Symptoms
of tonsilitis--Treatment of tonsilitis--Bronchitis
in infants--Bronchitis in older children--"Don'ts" in
bronchitis--Diet in bronchitis--Inhalations in bronchitis--
External applications in bronchitis--Drugs in bronchitis--
Chronic or recurrent bronchitis--Pneumonia--Acute
broncho-pneumonia--Symptoms of broncho-pneumonia--How
to tell when a child has broncho-pneumonia--Treatment
of broncho-pneumonia--The after treatment of
broncho-pneumonia--Adenoids--How to tell when a child
has adenoids--Treatment of adenoids--Nasal hemorrhage--
"Nose-bleeds"--Treatment of nose-bleeds--Quinsy--Hiccough--
Sore-mouth--Stomatitis--Treatment of ulcers of the mouth--
Sprue--Thrush 497

CHAPTER XXXV

DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND GASTRO-INTESTINAL CANAL

Inflammation of the stomach--Acute gastritis--Persistent
vomiting--Acute gastric indigestion--Iced champagne in
persistent vomiting--Acute intestinal diseases of children--
Conditions under which they exist and suggestions as
to remedial measures--Acute intestinal indigestion--Symptoms
of acute intestinal indigestion--Treatment of
acute intestinal indigestion--Children with whom milk
does not agree--Chronic, or persistent intestinal indigestion--
Acute ileo-colitis--Dysentery--Enteritis--Enter-colitis--
Inflammatory diarrhea--Chronic ileo-colitis--Chronic
colitis--Summer diarrhea--Cholera infantum--Gastro-enteritis--
Acute gastro-enteric infection--Gastro-enteric
intoxication--Colic--Appendicitis--Jaundice
in infants--Jaundice in older children--Catarrhal
jaundice--Gastro-duodenitis--Intestinal worms--Worms,
thread, pin and tape--Rupture 527

CHAPTER XXXVI

DISEASES OF CHILDREN (continued)

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Mastitis, or inflammation of the breasts in infancy--Mastitis
in young girls--Let your ears alone--Never box a child's
ears--Do not pick the ears--Earache--Inflammation of
the ear--Acute otitis--Swollen glands--Acute adenitis--
Swollen glands in the groin--Boils--Hives--Nettle rash--
Prickly Heat--Ringworm in the scalp--Eczema--Poor
blood--Simple anemia--Chlorosis--Severe anemia--Pernicious
anemia 553

CHAPTER XXXVII

DISEASES OF CHILDREN (continued)

Rheumatism--Malaria--Rashes of childhood--Pimples--Acne--
Blackheads--Convulsions--Fits--Spasms--Bed-wetting--Enuresis--
Incontinence--Sleeplessness--Disturbed sleep--Nightmare--
Night terrors--Headache--Thumb sucking--Biting the finger
nails--Colon irrigation--How to wash out the bowels--A high
enema--Enema--Methods of reducing fever--Ice cap--Cold
sponging--Cold pack--The cold bath--Various baths--mustard
baths--Hot pack--Hot bath--Hot air, or vapor bath--Bran
bath--Tepid bath--Cold sponge--Shower bath--Poultices--Hot
fomentations--How to make and how to
apply a mustard paste--How to prepare and use the
mustard pack--Turpentine stupes--Oiled silk, what it is
and why it is used 569

DISEASES OF CHILDREN