Golden rules for diseases of infants & children / by George Carpenter.

  • Carpenter, George, 1859-1910
Date:
[1903]
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Credit: Golden rules for diseases of infants & children / by George Carpenter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    teething. All such patients should be care- fully examined for other possible ailments. Do not neglect bronchitis and attacks of dyspepsia, because the child happens to be teething. Whether reflex or not, their appropriate treatment is very important. Do not lance the gums indiscrim- inately. If the gum is red, hot and swollen, over an oncoming tooth, and there is consti- tutional disturbance, it may be done with propriety, not otherwise. Do not overlook the importance of paying proper attention, hygienic and dental, to the temporary teeth. Decayed teeth are a fruitful source of ill-health, of injury to the permanent set, and of tuberculous adenitis. STOMATITIS. For aphthous stomatitis give a mouth wash of boric acid (gr. x ad §j) and apply lapis divinus to the ulcers. If this fails touch the lesions with mitigated nitrate of silver. Do not give chlorate of potassium; it is of no value in this affection. Ulcerative stomatitis —Bear in mind carious teeth as a probable cause, and do not forget the possibility of scurvy.