omilla for children.

940. Constipation.

Women are more subject than men to this confined state of the bowels,
which will, in many cases yield to exercise, plain nutritious diet,
with vegetables and cooked fruit, and but little bread, and an enema
of milk and water, or thin gruel if it is some time since there has
been any action of the bowels.

_Medicines_. Bryonia, especially for rheumatic patients, and disturbed
state of the stomach; Nux vomica, for persons of sedentary habits,
especially males; Pulsatilla, for women; Sulphur, for constipation
that is habitual or of long continuance.

941. Convulsions.

For convulsions arising from whatever cause, a warm bath is desirable,
and a milk and water enema, if the child's bowels are confined.

_Medicines_. Belladonna and Chamomilla, if the convulsions are caused
by teething, with Aconitum napellus if the little patient be feverish;
Aconitum napellus, Cina, and Belladonna, for convulsions caused by
worms; Aconite and Coffoea, when they arise from fright; Ipecacuanha
and Nux vomica, when they have been caused by repletion, or food that
is difficult of digestion.

942. Cough.

For this disorder, a light farinaceous diet is desirable, with plenty
of out-door exercise and constant use of the sponging-bath.

_Medicines_. Aconitum napellus, for a hard, dry, hacking cough;
Antimonium, for cough with wheezing and difficulty of expectoration;
Belladonna, for spasmodic cough, with tickling in the throat, or sore
throat; Bryonia, for hard, dry cough, with expectorations streaked
with blood; ipecacuanha, for children.

943. Croup.

As this disorder frequently and quickly terminates fatally, recourse
should be had to a duly qualified practitioner as soon as possible.
The disease lies chiefly in the larynx and bronchial tubes, and is
easily recognisable by the sharp, barking sound of the cough. A warm
bath and mustard poultice will often tend to give relief.

_Medicines_. Aconitum napellus, in the earlier stages of the disorder,
and spongia and Hepar sulphuris, in the more advanced stages, the
latter medicine being desirable when the cough is not so violent and
the breathing easier.

944. Diarrhoea.

The _medicines_ to be used in this disorder are those which are
mentioned under colic and bilious attacks.

945. Dysentery

Dysentery is somewhat similar to diarrhoea, but the symptoms a