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| Coughs and colds in infants |
Description of ailment:
Slight febrile excitement, sneezing, obstruction of the nose, wheezing and difficulty in taking the breast, followed by discharge of mucus from the nose, with excoriation and watering of the eyes.
Medicinal treatment:
Chamomilla
When there is a watery discharge from the nose.
Dose. -Four drops to be mixed with four teaspoonfuls of water, and one teaspoonful to be given every four or six hours.
Nux vomica
If there is dry stoppage of the nose
Dose. -As Chamomilla.
Sambucus nigra
If Nux is not sufficient, and there is much obstruction of the nose.
Dose. -As Chamomilla.
Accessory treatment:
A warm bath at 96 degrees before going to bed, or placing the feet in warm water will generally relieve; and if there is much stuffiness, the bridge of the nose may be rubbed with a little simple spermaceti ointment or sweet oil. Children should not be accustomed to hot rooms, but taken into the open air freely, care being taken that their feet are kept dry and warm.