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WHOOPING COUGH.
been successful in curing whooping cough by these
means. He recommends this mode of treatment on the
theory that the disease consists in specific irritation of
the spinal cord, from the origin of the eighth pair to the
origin of the phrenic nerve.
Conium, the active principle of the poison parsley,
Hemlock, is extolled by the French physicians, in this
disease; they give it to children in doses of from one-
fortieth, to one-tenth of a grain, according to their ages,
from three months to four years of age; it is a dange-
rous medicine, and should never be used unless prescribed
by a regular physician.
Coffee is now being used with much success in this
disease. Dr. Delahage gives the following formula as
almost infallable :-Take of syrup of extract of coffee,
four pounds; extract of belladonna, extract of ipecacu-
anha, of each, two scruples; mix together. Dose, two
fluid drachms, or a dessert-spoonful, at morning and
noon, and double this dose at night, on going to bed, for
children of three to five years old; it should be taken in
two or three table-spoonsful of warm water.
If your little patient should have convulsions, give
assafoetida and egg as an injection, and apply garlic
poultices to the extremities. Dr. Williams says, blow-
ing into the ear, will control spasms in a child. The
bowels should be kept in a healthy condition, and the
secretions corrected by appropriate means. If the gums
are swollen, the lancet should be freely applied to them.
The diet should consist chiefly of vegetable substances,
and I generally allow milk; every thing taken should
be of easy digestion. The child should wear flannel
next to the skin.434
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Massie, J. Cam. A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, book, 1854; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143817/m1/434/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.