d the adjoining closets and
ante rooms must be thoroughly disinfected or fumigated. If you are
located in a city, the health authorities will do this after an
infectious or contagious disease. Away from such conveniences, use the
following method:

Place two ounces of crystals of permanganate of potash in a pan and
have a pint bottle of formalin near by. Everything in the room is now
exposed, dresser drawers are opened, all bedding, all garments--in
fact everything that is in the room--is put in such a position as to
be readily exposed to the fumes which are to follow. A line should be
stretched across the room over which are thrown the bedding, garments,
etc. The cracks of the windows and doors, except the one door of exit,
are now sealed up with paper which has been dipped in green soap, and
having the paper strips and pan of green soap ready just outside the
exit door, the formalin is now poured over the permanganate crystals.
Fumes will immediately arise and permeate every corner, crack and
crevice of the sick room. Now quickly make your exit, close the door
and seal up key hole and cracks and space under the door with paper
dipped in green soap. Leave the room for six hours. After this with a
well-moistened cloth to the nose, rush in and throw the windows open,
hurry out and allow the room to air from twelve to twenty-four hours,
after which wash woodwork and painted walls or take paper off and
repaper walls; recalcimine ceilings and closets; scrub closet shelves
and dresser drawers, bedsteads, and other furniture thoroughly. If the
mattress is old throw it away, but if not, sun it for several days
following the fumigation.

CHAPTER XXVII

DIGESTIVE DISORDERS

In this chapter we will consider the diseases which commonly occur
during infancy and early childhood relative to digestion and the
alimentary tract. Irregularity of feeding, feeding between meals,
feeding too much at any given time, as well as feeding the wrong kind
of food may cause stomach disturbances and intestinal troubles.

VOMITING

In a previous chapter, "The Feeding Problem," a common stomach
disturbance, vomiting, was gone into quite thoroughly, and in passing
to other disorders, we wish to remind the mother that vomiting should
always be taken seriously. The interval between meals should usually
be lengthened, the time spent in feeding shortened, and it is often
necessary to withhold all milk and food of any kind for twelve or
e