ets and shawls.

Don't carry the child around; keep it in bed.

Don't dose the child with syrupy cough mixtures.

Don't overheat the room.

Don't let friends bother or annoy the baby.

Don't reduce the diet unnecessarily.

The child should be put to bed. The temperature of the room should be 70
degrees F. all the time. The windows should be opened top and bottom
according to the weather, and the room should be well aired every day,
the patient being taken to another room while it is being done. The
child should have its usual night clothes on, nothing more. If the child
is not very sick and insists on sitting up, a bath robe can be worn but
it should be always removed when it sleeps. It is advisable to change
the position of the baby from time to time. Have it rest on one side,
then on the other, as well as on the back. Give a dose of castor oil at
the beginning of the sickness and keep the bowels open during the
disease.

Diet.--The diet will depend upon the severity of the disease. If the
fever is high and the cough persistent, the strength of the food of
nursing infants should be reduced. We can reduce the strength of the
food by giving the child a drink of cool boiled water before each
feeding and shortening the length of each feeding. Older children may be
given toast, milk with lime water, cocoa with milk, broths, gruels,
custards, cereals and fruit juices.

Inhalations.--The value of inhalations in bronchitis is very great.
The ordinary croup kettle, which can be bought in any good drug store,
is the best method of giving them. Full directions come with each kettle
as to the best way to use it. The best drug to use in the kettle is
creosote (beechwood). Ten drops are added to one quart of boiling water
and the steaming continued for thirty minutes. The interval between
steaming is two hours and a half in bad cases day and night. In mild
cases the night treatments can be dispensed with. Sheets rigged up over
the top and sides of the crib, in the form of a tent, is the most
desirable way to give the inhalations.

External Applications.--Counter-irritation by means of mustard pastes
are the best applications. They should be put back and front--one on
back and one on the chest, overlapping at the sides beneath the arms.
They should cover the entire body from the waist line to the neck. These
pastes are made as follows:--Mix the mustard (English) and the flour in
the following proportions, using a quantity