diet is a prime factor.

All fats must be taken from the food, sugars should be avoided, and
the amount of starchy foods, such as flour, potatoes and bread, should
be greatly reduced. Buttermilk, skimmed milk, eggs, green vegetables,
and fruit juices should be given. In the older child, if grains are
used, they should be well toasted or baked.

JAUNDICE

It is altogether common and physiological for the newborn baby to pass
through a few days of yellow skin which usually clears up in the
second or third week, but it should not recur. Occasionally this
yellow tint deepens, the whites of the eyes are yellow, the urine
passed leaves a yellow stain on the diaper, while passages from the
bowels are white or clay colored. If the child shows symptoms of ill
health other than the yellow tint, it should receive medical
attention. Older children troubled with jaundice should receive the
following treatment: The photophore as described elsewhere should be
applied to the liver and abdomen (the liver is on the right side), and
this should be followed by the application of what is known as a
heating compress, consisting of three layers--a cloth wrung from cold
water, a mackintosh, and then two thicknesses of blanket
flannel--which are all applied when the skin has been made red by the
application of heat. (If the photophore is unavailable, a hot-water
bottle may be applied.) The flannel is pinned snugly on the outside as
the wet cloth goes next to the skin with the mackintosh between. This
should remain on the abdomen for three or four hours, after which the
hot application is again made to the liver and abdomen. The
administration of broken doses of calomel is sometimes indicated in
obstinate cases in connection with these applications of heat to the
liver. Hot milk or mineral water may be taken with dry toast. In a day
or two the color should clear up, the stools should be normal again,
and the treatment may be discontinued.

WORMS

Irritation about the rectum which cannot be otherwise explained is
usually suggestive of pinworms. These seatworms or pinworms are very
much like little pieces of cotton thread--one-fourth of an inch in
length. They grow and thrive in the lower part of the large bowel.
Simple and effective treatment is as follows:

It is well to bathe the parts about the rectum after each bowel
movement and often two or three times a day with a weak antiseptic
solution. Itching may be controlled by the appli