n a vessel, and directing the
vapor to the child's mouth, by means of a newspaper, or similar
contrivance. Flour of sulphur, blown into the back of the mouth and throat
by means of a goose quill, has been highly recommended. Frequent gargling
of the throat and mouth, with a solution of lactic acid, strong enough to
taste sour, will help to keep the parts clean, and correct the foul breath.
If there is great prostration, with the nasal passage affected, or
hoarseness and difficult breathing, a physician should be called at once.

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DISEASES OF WOMEN.

_DISORDERS OF THE MENSES._

1. SUPPRESSION OF, OR SCANTY MENSES.

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HOME TREATMENT.--Attention to the diet, and exercise in the open air to
promote the general health. Some bitter tonic, taken with fifteen grains of
dialyzed iron, well diluted, after meals, if patient is pale and
debilitated. A hot foot bath is often all that is necessary.

2. PROFUSE MENSTRUATION.

HOME TREATMENT.--Avoid highly seasoned food, and the use of spirituous
liquors; also excessive fatigue, either physical or mental. To check the
flow, patient should be kept quiet, and allowed to sip cinnamon tea during
the period.

3. PAINFUL MENSTRUATION.

HOME TREATMENT.--Often brought on by colds. Treat by warm hip baths, hot
drinks (avoiding spirituous liquors), and heat applied to the back and
extremities. A teaspoonful of the fluid extract of viburnum will sometimes
act like a charm.

_HOW TO CURE SWELLED AND SORE BREASTS._

Take and boil a quantity of chamomile, and apply the hot fomentations. This
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_LEUCORRHEA OR WHITES._

HOME TREATMENT.--This disorder, if not arising from some abnormal condition
of the pelvic organs, can easily be cured by patient taking the proper
amount of exercise and good nutritious food, avoiding tea and coffee. An
injection every evening of one teaspoonful of Pond's Extract in a cup of
hot water, after first cleansing the vagina well with a quart of warm
water, is a simple but effective remedy.

_INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB._

HOME TREATMENT.--When in the acute form this disease is ushered in by a
chill, followed by fever, and pain in the region of the womb. Patient
should be placed in bed, and a brisk purgative given, hot poultices applied
to the abdomen, and the feet and hands kept warm. If the symptoms do not
subside, a physician sh