Treatment of disease in children : including the outlines of diagnosis and the chief pathological differences between children and adults / by Angel Money.

  • Money, Angel.
Date:
1887
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    impressions on cerebral cortex as well as medulla, and possibly other centres for reflex secretion. If these sensations be of the disagreeable sort, we may presume that the lower medullary, as well as higher cerebral, centres are not acting happily. The best action is assumed to be that which is attended with the most lasting agreeable sensations. These considerations are rendered all the more important when we consider that the stomach and other abdominal viscera sym- pathize with the state of the upper parts of the alimentary apparatus. In trivial ailments children are often wayward and wilful, and so the doctor must yield to their mental condition. All medicines should be as palatable as possible, and the dose should be of diminutive proportions. As a practical illustration of these principles I append this formula for a tasteless tincture of iron:— R Liq. Ferri Chloridi U.S.P., |iv. . Citric Acid, gr. 2100. Bicarbonate of Soda, gr. 2270. Alcohol, ^iv. Aquam ad, Jxvi. The citric acid is dissolved in Jiv, of water, and then heated to the boiling point; the bicarbonate is gradually added. The solution of iron is added when the effervescence has ceased. The mixture is then cooled. Water is added to 5xii., and finally the alcohol. Each dram contains 7^ grains of dry ferric chloride. A half-dram would be suitable for a child two years old. In severe illness the cerebral cortex or intellect offers less resistance to treatment, but care should be taken that the nervous functions, heart, and respiration do not falter and fail. Stimulants are required in childhood in acute and chronic disease, but they are to be given with discretion, and in as small quantities as possible to effect the purpose in view. Thirst should be abated by iced drinks or ice wherever
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