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ea, coffee, and sugar _must be avoided_. Diarrhoea.--Sudden attacks of this, though in a mild form, are very troublesome. An enema of _cold_ water is in such cases often an immediate cure. The first injection may be followed by even an excessive motion, but if a second cold injection be given this will cease. But in more troublesome cases, where the patient is an infant, or very weak, this is not applicable. For such cases, mix equal quantities of honey and lemon juice (one or two teaspoonfuls of each), and add enough boiling water to dilute it for taking. Give this three or even four times a day. It will usually and speedily cure, and is relished by infants. Often the cause of diarrhoea in infants is the infection of milk by flies (_see_ British Cholera), or from dirty feeding bottles. Bottles with tubes should _never_ be used. The india-rubber teat should be smelt to see that it is perfectly sweet and clean before the bottle is filled. Unsuitable or too rich food will bring this trouble on. A tablespoonful of blackberry (or brambleberry as it is also called) jelly may be given--it is a powerful and simple remedy. In adults, a dose of castor oil, with a few drops of laudanum in it, will probably remove all trouble, if it be due to nothing more than indigestible food. Where the cold enema is dreaded, one of hot thin starch, with fifteen drops of laudanum in it, may be used for adults. Stale vegetable or animal food, also impure water, are fruitful sources of diarrhoea. The mind has a great effect on this trouble, anxiety and worry are frequent causes. _See_ Worry. A comfortable seat by the fire, and an interesting book, will often relieve. When the diarrhoea is very serious, use the four-ply flannel bandage. _See_ Bandage; British Cholera; Dysentery. Diet.--The composition of different articles of food varies. A turnip is not the same as a piece of cheese. It is more watery, and has more fibre in it, and we speak of it as less nutritious. There are, however, in almost all foods certain chemical substances present which have different duties to perform in the body, and which are present in widely different proportions in the various articles we use for food. _Water_ is the most common of these substances. Soups, vegetables, fruits, puddings, are largely water. Some foods contain less of it than others, but on the whole a very large, if not the largest, part of all food consists of water. This large a
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