cular reason for this is, that, if a child is
exposed to cold at any time during an attack of "cold in the head," it
may cause the disease to invade the chest,--a tendency which it has at
all times. The bowels must be kept open; if they do not move every day
of their own accord they must be made to move by means of an enema of
sweet oil or of soap-suds. The amount of food should be reduced to suit
the circumstances and the condition of the patient.

We treat the local condition in the nose with a menthol mixture. The
following is a very good one: Menthol, 30 grains; Camphor, 30 grains;
White Vaseline, 1 ounce. Put some of this on the end of the finger and
push it gently into each nostril. When the nostrils become blocked and
the child cannot breathe through the nose, tickle the nose with a
feather until it sneezes; this will clear the passage. Immediately after
the sneeze place the menthol mixture in each nostril. When the child is
about to sneeze place a handkerchief before the nose, as this discharge
is full of germs and will infect others when dry. Internal remedies
should not be used unless the child is distinctly sick and is running a
fever, in which case a physician should look the child over and
prescribe whatever is called for.

The upper lip and the nostrils of the child should be protected, because
the discharge very quickly irritates the parts and renders them raw and
painful. Vaseline or cold cream is very suitable for this purpose.

Mothers should not wash out the nose of a child with any solution
advised for this purpose where force is used, as, for example, with a
syringe. Any forceful irrigation of the nose is dangerous, because it
would carry the infection into the deeper parts and set up a more
serious condition.

If the above treatment is carefully carried out and the child
unexposed to a fresh cold, two or three days will be sufficient to
cure the disease.

It is not, however, the treatment of an acute attack of "cold in the
head" that is important; it is intelligently to follow out a plan which
will prevent these attacks from repeating themselves that is of
consequence. The tendency to take cold is a real condition in childhood
and a very common one. When mothers appreciate that it is possible to
prevent this condition and to cure it when it is seemingly an
established habit, more interest will undoubtedly be taken in the
subject. Too frequently it is looked upon as an unfortunate affliction,