This would appear to be the most proper place for giving from Aëtius some
account of two affections of infancy, which our author has omitted to
describe. He says, when children have been fed on improper food, or when,
from any other cause, their stomachs become loaded with phlegm, they
are troubled with snorting; and in that case he recommends a linctus of
linseed, honey, &c.; or if the affection be obstinate, to make them vomit
by pressing down the tongue with a finger smeared with oil. (iv, 7.)
When an infant has lost its voice, which, he says, arises commonly from
constipation, he recommends the juice of cabbage, either by the mouth or
in a _lavement_; or a suppository into the anus. (iv, 8.)