Children are particularly liable to convulsions at the period of
teething, small pox, measles, and other eruptive diseases; sometimes,
also, from external causes, such as strait clothes, bandages, &c.
When they proceed from any of these, bathing the feet, or the
whole body, in warm water, of 92 or 94 degrees, and administering a
mild clyster, will almost immediately relieve them. To shorten the
duration of the fit, cold water should be poured over the face and
neck, whilst the rest of the body is in the bath.
The return of convulsions is to be prevented only by the removal of
the cause of the existing irritation; but, in general, when the body
is kept carefully open, there will be little reason to fear a return.