g from sucking matches.--Vomit the child freely, but do not
give anything oily, as milk or egg, as this dissolves the phosphorus.

[622 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

Oxalic acid is sometimes used for cleaning purposes, and mistaken for
epsom salts. Give an emetic and lime-water.

For carbolic acid.--Give an emetic, and then white of an egg and epsom
salts.

Overdose of soothing syrup.--Keep baby awake, slap with wet towel, etc.;
or walk him about if he is old enough, inject strong black coffee in the
rectum. Keep up the strength with stimulants.

PROPRIETARY FOODS.

These foods are sometimes of temporary use. As many of them contain very
little fat, they may be used in cases of illness where fat cannot be
borne. Some of these contain malt sugar, and when the baby is constipated
this kind is useful when added to milk. Others can be made up of water
only, and are useful and handy where it is impossible to obtain fresh
milk. In cases of diarrhea the flour foods made up with water are very
useful. Milk at that time acts as a poison. Some of the best foods on the
market are the following--Condensed milk, Mellin's food, Horlick's Malted
milk, Nestle's food, Imperial granum, Just's food, Carnrick's soluble
food, Ridge's food, peptogenic milk powder, Lactated food, Eskay's,
Albumenized food, cereal milk, Borden's food.

For constipation in a child.--One to two teaspoonfuls of Mellin's food,
added to each bottle of his usual modified milk formula will often help a
great deal. As soon as the bowels move naturally it should be gradually
diminished until after four or six weeks, the child can do without it.

Condensed milk and Malted milk.--These can be prepared with water only,
and so are best to use on a long journey. Give the baby one or two meals
daily a week or two before the journey. Discontinue when at the end of the
journey.

Imperial Granum.--This is often useful in acute diarrhea, when milk cannot
be given. Mix the proportion as given on the box with water into a smooth
paste, then add a pint of boiling water and boil for fifteen or twenty
minutes.

Peptogenic Milk Powder.--This may be used for a short time during or after
acute illness; you can add it to the formula used as directed on the
package.

[NURSING DEPARTMENT 625]

NURSING DEPARTMENT
Including
Care of the Sick and the Sick Room

FOODS, FORMULAE, DELICACIES FOR SICK ROOM,
HOW TO PREPARE THEM; DIET IN FEVERS
AND OTHER DISEASES, SECURED FROM
TRAINE