. Babyhood . ur odor, the rhu-barb and soda mixture is useful: Fluid extract of ipecac, five extract of rhubarb, two of soda, one-third , two teaspoonfuls. Peppermint-water, enough to make three ouncemixture. Dose—Quarter to half-teaspoonful after eachmovement. In cases of cholera infantum, where thestomach is irritable and liable to reject almosteverything put into it, and where the move-ments are frequent and watery, the main re-liance must be on rest, stimulation, but not tothe point of intoleration, keeping the feet andbody warm. Paregor
. Babyhood . ur odor, the rhu-barb and soda mixture is useful: Fluid extract of ipecac, five extract of rhubarb, two of soda, one-third , two teaspoonfuls. Peppermint-water, enough to make three ouncemixture. Dose—Quarter to half-teaspoonful after eachmovement. In cases of cholera infantum, where thestomach is irritable and liable to reject almosteverything put into it, and where the move-ments are frequent and watery, the main re-liance must be on rest, stimulation, but not tothe point of intoleration, keeping the feet andbody warm. Paregoric can cautiously beused every hour or two if the child is rest-less, in doses of from five to ten drops ; butit should be the only medicine, and its useshould be discontinued as soon as the childis quieted or the movements decrease in quan-tity. To use an opiate in simple diarrhoea,or to continue its use for any length of timein any case without your doctors orders, isto run the risk of harm to your NURSERY PROBLEMS. Test for Cross-Eyes. iFo the Editor 0/ Babyhood : Yesterday morning my next-door neighbor, amother of two children, sent to know if I would runan there a minute in haste. Ongoing into her sit-?ting-room I found her quite agitated—unduly so,dt seemed to me, when I learned the cause. Shesaid: Im going to ask you a question which Iwish youd answer as quickly as you can, without giv->ing yourself time to think out anything more thanyour first impressions Willie, stand right there• and look straight forward at Mrs. Bs face. There,Uiow, Mrs. B., is he cross-eyed? She went on to•say. after a short pause, that she had been startledTto find him, as she thought, cross-eyed in the morn-ing, and yet she could not satisfy herself of it. I-confess it was difficult for me to decide ; there weremoments when he seemed decidedly so, and again•I could hardly distinguish it. To day it is certainlymore marked I told her there was only one thingto do, and that was
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