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Show REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN SCHOOLS. 465 For abdominal Moating, hot fomentations should be faithfully applied. These are made by putting 9 dropsof spirits of turpentine in a quart of boil' water and wring-ing out flannel cloths in this and applylng them to the entire &%omen, letting the cloths be as hot as the patient canendure. Keep the w.&terfor repeatbd appliest~ons, but be exceedin ly careful m the use of turpentine, as it has a most permuous effect on the kidneys;?et 9 drops be the limit of quantity for eix hours. In a crisis if stimulants are @en, it must be with extreme care. The excr&ions should be dislnfectedwith either chlorideof lime, Platt's chlorides, a strong solution of common copperas, or bicbloride of mercury, and elther burned or buried in a deep vault from which there can be no posslble contamination of drinking water. Milk readily gathers up these disease germs, and strict cleanliness must be observed both as to receptacles and the place where the milk stands. Have pads to make the back comfortable, and if redness occurs rub twice daily in s. saturate solution of owdered alum in alcohol. Nursing in malarial fever is much like that for typhoid fever. As chills occur note precise time and anticipate with medicine. Each morning give an alcohol sweat. Place a large drip in$ pan hali full of water upon the rungs of a cha.ir. beneath it place a gill of alcoI?ol in a tin cup; wrap the atient from neck down in'six or eight thicknesses of flannel or blanket, so as to maie a sort of tent, and light the alcohol. In ei ht minutes the patient will perspire; continue ten mmu*, then exbnpsh and put &e patient to bed, still closely wrapped. When perspudion ceases, rub the patient, workin under the blanket to revent a chill. Pneumonia: Zharacterized by achill, kgh temperature, quick breathing, and cough. Give hot drinksand draw the blood to the skin; temperature of room should be 70' F. Place hot flaxseed poultices on the chest, but they must be kept hot and the patient's clothing kept dry. Pneumonia, has four stages: First, the-period of invasion; second, period of red hepatization, when the lungs are engo: ed with blood; third, period of gray hepa-tization, as the exudate becomes comll%ated; fourth, state of resolution. Keep on liquid diet; posture half recumbent. The first expectoration is likepme juice; seeand expectoration is frothy, streaked with blood; third expectoration is dirty-gray, opaque matter. The dm er of heart failure is extreme both because of the presence of toxine and from thea$ded work placed on the hear)t in forcing the blood throu h the congested lungs. It is imperative thst stimulants be promptly and judiciomqy administered, and the 8@3e of resolution watched with extreme vigilance. The normal temperatureof the body is 9S0 P. The pulse of a child is about 90 per minute; a 12-year old child breathes 18 times per minute. Ckoup, scarlet fever, and measles are the common diseases of childhood. For croup, a simple treatment is to lace hot fomentations abodt the throat and cheat, and roceed immediately to proguce vomitinp.. One-fortieth yip of ?pornor-phia givenxypodermicall , or 15 drops of syrup of ipecac. The chl d is reheved as soon as it vomits, and it dould be kept quiet ins. room not below 70' F. A mild ex ectorant for a cough is as follows: t 3 p of ipecae, drachms 4; tincture of opium, ZtlLChms 2; liquor potassium citrate qs. a$. ounces 3. Dose, teas oonful every two hours. Another is equal parts molasses and vinegar, into whi& some butter has been dropped, and all boiled fifteen minutes. Teaapoonhd doses. The feet and bodies of children subject to croup should be kept dry and warm. Enlarged tonsils should be removed. Measles require little medicine but good a r e and roo? darkened, and abolutely no draits; should guard against cold for two weeks. D~etm, ilk or gruel. Care 1s most needed when recovery begins. Scarlet fever: Upon chest and neck appear small red dots, which extend until the body is covered with dlstlnct plmples and the whole surface is scarlet. The g e m hold vitality for a long time, and may be carried in letters or clothing. Temperature of the room 65' I?., and thorough ventilation. Baths or packs will reduce temperature and loosen scales. Follow hath with olive oil or vaselme. Burn all cloths used. If the neck is swollen, apply hot poultices. Give stimulants of strychnia, grains, &; orwhisky, drachms, 4; or tincture of digi-talis, 5 drops; every four hours. 8896-30 |
