The Diseases of Children

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Excerpt from The Diseases of Children: A Practical and Systematic Work for Practitioners and Students Tms volume is the outcome of private and hospital practice, ex tending over a lengthened period. My aim has been to make the work useful, and to rely on clinical experience rather than on theories, which, even when proved, cannot always be brought to bear on points of practical interest. I entertain the hope that the following pages may prove useful both to the student and to the practitioner. To assist the student, I have classified each disease and its varieties, after the method sanctioned by modern pathologists. To help the practitioner, I have carefully placed a descriptive heading before each chapter, to enable him to obtain readily the information he requires. In arranging the list of prescriptions, concentration has been my aim. Certain broad principles are kept in view, as regards dose and combination, but the details can be varied at the discretion of the practitioner, according to the peculiarities of each case as met with in practice. I have invariably prescribed remedies in safe doses. Some medicines will be taken by children in large proportions and a cure effected when small doses fail. Thus belladonna may cure incontinence of irrine, and relieve whooping-cough, when its physi ological effects are fully produced. Arsenic will cure chorea in large doses, whilst it will frequently fail in small doses. Opium te quires to be given with caution. Calomel, iron, ipecacuanha, and free purgatives are well borne by children, while strychnia and prussic acid require care in exhibition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.