eakening the blood--when a
dose is taken the chemicals in it draw through the bowel wall blood
serum, and produce, because of the excess of this watery fluid, large,
and frequently many, liquid movements.

If this practice is continued, as it often is every day, the quality of
the blood will suffer seriously, and many individuals are the victims of
neuralgic pains, headaches, nervousness, insomnia, anemia, and general
broken health as a direct consequence of this pernicious habit.

Mothers will try to remember, therefore, that drugs and saline waters
have no place in the treatment of constipation in children or
themselves. Constipation must be treated by diet, exercise regular
living and by the observance of hygienic and sanitary common-sense
rules.

VACCINATION

TIME FOR VACCINATION.--The best time to vaccinate a child is during the
first three months if he is healthy. The reason for selecting so early a
period is because the constitutional disturbances are much less at this
time than in later childhood. It should not be done during active
dentition. If the child is delicate if his nutrition is bad it should be
deferred until a later time. Children suffering from eczema or from any
skin disease or those syphilitic should not be vaccinated until it is
compulsory, or until exposed to small-pox.

METHODS OF VACCINATING.--It is customary in America to vaccinate at one
point rather than to make a number of inoculations as is the custom in
some other countries. The leg or the arm is the usual location selected.
In infants the sore can be protected better on the leg; in children of
the run-about age, the arm is the better location because it can be kept
at rest easier.

Before vaccinating the skin should be rendered surgically clean; this
can be done by washing with soap and water, drying and then rubbing with
alcohol. The wound should be left uncovered for about twenty minutes to
dry, it may then be covered with a bandage, or with a vaccine shield.
The part should not be washed for twenty-four hours.

THE SYMPTOMS OF SUCCESSFUL VACCINATION.--Nothing is noticed until the
third or fourth day, when a red papule appears. In the course of the
following day a vesicle appears; this vesicle enlarges until it reaches
its full development on the ninth day. The size of the vesicle is about
one-half inch in diameter; it is surrounded with a reddish inflammatory
area for about two inches. The vesicle begins to dry and is shortl