orted to, unless it is
absolutely necessary. When the gums are very much swollen and the tooth is
nearly through, the pains may be relieved by the mother taking a thimble
and pressing it down upon the tooth, the sharp edges of the tooth will cut
through the swollen flesh, and instant relief will follow. A child in a few
hours or a day will be perfectly happy after a very severe and trying time
of sickness.

5. PERMANENT TEETH.--The teeth are firmly inserted in sockets of the upper
and lower jaw. The permanent teeth which follow the temporary teeth, when
complete, are sixteen in each jaw, or thirty-two in all.

6. NAMES OF TEETH.--There are four incisors (front teeth), four cuspids
(eye teeth), four bicuspids (grinders), and four molars (large grinders),
in each jaw. Each tooth is divided into the crown, body, and root. The
crown is the grinding surface; the body--the part projecting from the
jaw--is the seat of sensation and nutrition; the root is that portion of
the tooth which is inserted in the alveolus. The teeth are composed of
dentine (ivory) and enamel. The ivory forms the greater portion of the body
and root, while the enamel covers the exposed surface. The small white
cords communicating with the teeth are the nerves.

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HOME TREATMENT FOR THE DISEASES OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN.

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1. Out of the 984,000 persons that died during the year of 1890, 227,264
did not reach one year of age, and 400,647 died under five years of age.

What a fearful responsibility therefore rests upon the parents who permit
these hundreds of thousands of children to die annually. This terrible
mortality among children is undoubtedly largely the result of ignorance as
regarding to the proper care and treatment of sick children.

2. For very small children it is always best to use homoeopathic remedies.

_COLIC._

1. Babies often suffer severely with colic. It is not considered dangerous,
but causes considerable suffering.

2. Severe colic is usually the result of derangement of the liver in the
mother, or of her insufficient or improper nourishment, and it occurs more
frequently when the child is from two to five months old. {328}

3. Let the mother eat chiefly barley, wheat and bread, rolled wheat, graham
bread, fish, milk, eggs and fruit. The latter may be freely eaten, avoiding
that which is very sour.

4. A rubber bag or bottle filled with hot water put into a crib, will keep
the chil