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Show ABOUT iCAKLKT FE1 Kit. HOW TO TlltAT THIS MOST CO- TAGIOCS OS ALI. DISEASES OS CIIILDJIOOr. The treatment of a case ofscarlati inaisofvery great Importance, not only as to the carrying out of strict rules nnd laws of medication and nursing, but In regard to tlie suppression sup-pression cf all dangers of contagion to others, as it is certainly the most contagious of all the diseases of childhood. The child should lie at once put to bed In a room at tho top of tlie house, isolated in every way from all other parts or (persons of tlie househoIJ. The other children, If any, should be kept in a distant part of the house, not meeting any one who sees the latiint, or else sent 'away entirely. The room should be well ventilated, and the bed (a narrow, long cot, the best) should bu placed out of (he direct draft, and not between door and window. Tin re should be heat in the room, if it Is cold, and if there is a stove or heater there Miouid be kijt at all times a pan of water on it to evaporate evapor-ate ami make nui-turefor the room; or a kettle of boiling water may be kept on the stove. Tlie terueratare should be kept at about to 70 degrees. The fever will run very high, and a simple sheet and blanket should form the covering for the patient, who lies on a hair mattress or hard bed, never on a feather bed. For the fev i r the following simple fever mixture may be given, which will suit most ail cases in the earliir stages, or at least until a physician be sent for. Quinine sulihate, grains XV. 05), 1'otavdum chlorate, grains XXV 1.1), Tincture a onite, dtotis VIII. (S) jinN nitrous etlnr, drachms III. birupfsinipli) a sufllceutquaiitity to make 2 liquid ounces. Sic (or directions) Give to a child not less than three (3) years of age half a teaspounful, or about fifty (V)) drops every three (") hours. This mixture is a very safe and reliable one If compounded by a competent chemist, aud will reduce the feverand temperature and quilt and slow the pule safely. r. T. Wallace Stmon, in Ladtet' Home Journal. |