Instructions to mothers and nurses on the management of children in health and disease : comprehending directions for regulating their diet, dress, exercise, and medicine ; with a variety of prescriptions adapted to the use of the nursery, and an index of medical terms / James Kennedy.

  • Kennedy, James, 1803-1868
Date:
1825
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Credit: Instructions to mothers and nurses on the management of children in health and disease : comprehending directions for regulating their diet, dress, exercise, and medicine ; with a variety of prescriptions adapted to the use of the nursery, and an index of medical terms / James Kennedy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRESCRIPTIONS. In the following List, the simple remedies, as the solutions of salts, infusions of senna, chamomile tea, and the like, are not com- prehended:—neither has it heen judged necessary to include any of those, as the alum poultice and others, which have been described in the preceding pages:—the stated proportions can be lessened or increased according to the patient's age. i I Take of Cream of Tartar, two drachms, Manna, half an ounce, Warm Water, four ounces, Syrupof Orange- Peel,two teaspoonsful, Essentia] Oil of Oranges, 6-10 drops: Mix and dissolvethem into a draught, whereof one-half is to be given at bed- time, to a child of 4-8 years, and the re- mainder early next morning. IL Take of Magnesia (calcined), ten grains, Rhubarb or Jalap, powdered, 5 grains, CascariUa-bark, powdered, 15 grains, Arrow-root, a tablespoonful, Refined Sugar, a sufficiency: Mix and rub them together so as to make a uniform composition; then, with water, make it as usual into a jel- ly ; and, when cooled, add two or more teaspoonsful of the pulp of tamarinds, thin part of marmalade, or any aroma- tic syrup. HI. Take of Phosphate of Soda, half an ounce, Boiling Water, a sufficiency, Arrow-root, a tablespoonful: Dissolve the soda in what water will be required for the arrow-root; then, with the solution, make the jelly as usual; and add as much treacle, or pulp of tamarinds, or aromatic syrup as may be agreeable, for a child of 8-10 years. IV. Take of Powder of Rhubarb, one drachm, Common Mustard, 5-15 grs. — Canella Alba, 30 grains, Mix and rub them intimately togeth- er; then, after fomenting all the region of the bowels with hot water so as to produce redness, sprinkle the powder over the parts while yet moist; and cover the whole with a large poultice as warm as can be endured:—applied at bed-time, this generally excites the bowels of children under ten years of age. V. Take of Opium, minutely powdered, Common Mustard, of each, 5-10 grains, Arrow-root or starch, one drachm: Rub them together so as to make a fine powder, and apply it as in the pre- ceding:—it relieves griping and inter- nal pain. VI. Take of Powdered Rhubarb or Jalap, 10-15 grs Manna, two or three drachms, Arrow-root, a tablespoonful, Refined Sugar, a sufficiency: Mix by intimately rubbing all the ingredients together in a mortar; then make them into a jelly with milk or water in the usual manner; and, when cooled, add what may be desirable of the pulp of tamarinds, fluid part of marmalade, treacle or even wine with a few drops of the essential oil of oranges or lemons:—this dose is suffi- cient for a child of ten years. VII. Take of Rhubarb sliced, two ounces, Canella Alba, bruised, two drachms, Whisky or Brandy, a wineglassful, Best Sherry Wine, an English pint: Macerate these ingredients for seven days, and strain through unsized pa- sper:—three or four teaspoonsful for children after their second year. 'VJII. Take of Senna-leaves, finely powdered, one oz. Pulp of French Prunes, four ounces, —— — Tamarinds, half an ounce,