given in the following way: Place the child on its
side, roll around the index finger a piece of absorbent cotton, dip this
in a saturated solution of boracic acid, and put into the mouth of the
child. Let the cotton take up as much of the solution as it will hold,
so that when it is lightly pressed on the tongue and cheeks it will flow
out of the mouth, thus "irrigating the mouth." Repeat this a number of
times, pressing the cotton to a different part each time. This should be
gone through from four to six times daily.

If the child is a bottle-fed baby, care should be taken in cleaning the
nipples and bottles as directed on page 264. If the patient is
breast-fed, care must be taken to note that the mother's nipples are
clean. They should be washed with the same solution of boracic acid and
not handled. If the child cannot nurse it is necessary to feed it with a
spoon.

In obstinate cases the parts may be touched with a one per cent.
solution of formalin. Mothers should particularly note not to use honey
and borax, as is often recommended by women who know no better, in any
disease of the mouth in children.

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CHAPTER XXXV

DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND GASTRO-INTESTINAL CANAL

Inflammation of the Stomach--Acute Gastritis--Persistent Vomiting--Acute
Gastric Indigestion--Iced Champagne in Persistent Vomiting--Acute
Intestinal Diseases of Children--Conditions Under Which They Exist and
Suggestions as to Remedial Measures--Acute Intestinal
Indigestion--Symptoms of Acute Intestinal Indigestion--Treatment of
Acute Intestinal Indigestion--Children with Whom Milk Does Not
Agree--Chronic or Persistent Intestinal Indigestion--Acute
Ileo-colitis--Dysentery--Enteritis--Entero-colitis--Inflammatory
Diarrhea--Chronic Ileo-colitis--Chronic Colitis--Summer
Diarrhea--Cholera Infantum--Gastro-enteritis--Acute Gastro-enteric
Infection--Gastro-enteric Intoxication--Colic Appendicitis--Jaundice in
Infants--Jaundice in Older Children--Catarrhal
Jaundice--Gastro-duodenitis--Intestinal Worms--Worms, Thread, Pin and
Tape--Rupture

ACUTE GASTRIC INDIGESTION

Acute Inflammation of the Stomach--Acute Gastritis--Persistent
Vomiting

An infant seldom has real inflammation of the stomach. Gastric, or
stomach, indigestion is the better name, because it actually signifies
the true condition. It is indigestion that causes a child to vomit,
though it is possible to have a true inflammation caused b