"Boracic acid 2 drams
Salol 2 drams
Balsam Peru 1 dram
Carbolic acid 20 drops
Vaselin 1 ounce
Lanoline 1 ounce
Mix."
Then wash the head thoroughly with castile soap, and apply the above
morning and night, and use internally the following:--
Iodide Potash 192 grains
Fluid Extract Stillingia 1 ounce
Fluid Ext. Prickly Ash Bark 1/2 ounce
Fluid Ext. Yellow Dock 1 ounce
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, q. s 8 ounces
Mix."
Take about one-half teaspoonful from two to four times a day, according to
the age of the child. If this treatment is kept up faithfully, you will be
sure to obtain a cure.
TEETHING.--There are twenty teeth in the first set. There is sometimes
slight fever, restlessness, sleepless nights, maybe loss of appetite and
some indigestion. If signs of indigestion are seen, give less food, and
replace same with boiled water. If he is a nursing baby give him an ounce
of boiled water before nursing and nurse him only ten to fifteen minutes.
If he is restless at night give him a warm sponge bath, and if there is
any fever, add one teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda to a basin of tepid
water. If the gums are very much congested and swollen and the child
suffers, they may need to be lanced. Sometimes the teeth come earlier, but
generally between the fifth and ninth months. They appear usually as
follows:--
2 lower central incisors 6 to 9 months (often earlier)
4 upper incisors 7 to 10 months
2 lower lateral incisors 12 to 14 months
2 anterior upper molars 12 to 16 months
2 anterior lower molars 12 to 16 months
2 upper canines (eye teeth) 18 to 24 months
2 lower canines (stomach teeth) 18 to 24 months
2 lower and 2 upper posterior molars 24 to 30 months
During the first year the child should cut six teeth; next six months, six
or more; at two years he should have sixteen; at two and one-half years
twenty. About the sixth year the permanent teeth are cut and follow
closely after the shedding of the milk teeth.
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