The diseases of infants and children . nding. The fluid employedfor irrigation may be simply water, or better, a normal salt-solution( per cent.) or about 1 teaspoonful to the pint. Where there ismuch local inflammation irrigation with starch water (1 teaspoonfulto the pint, boiled) is often very serviceable. If the starch water is too TREATMENT OTHER THAN BY DRUGS BY THE MOUTH 235 thick or grows too ceol while passing through the tube, it may jelly andcease flowing. Weak antiseptic solutions are also recommended. 6. Enteroclysis.—In some cases of wasting disease or of collapsea pint (473)
The diseases of infants and children . nding. The fluid employedfor irrigation may be simply water, or better, a normal salt-solution( per cent.) or about 1 teaspoonful to the pint. Where there ismuch local inflammation irrigation with starch water (1 teaspoonfulto the pint, boiled) is often very serviceable. If the starch water is too TREATMENT OTHER THAN BY DRUGS BY THE MOUTH 235 thick or grows too ceol while passing through the tube, it may jelly andcease flowing. Weak antiseptic solutions are also recommended. 6. Enteroclysis.—In some cases of wasting disease or of collapsea pint (473) or more of warm normal salt-solution may be introduced andallowed to remain (enteroclysis), the syringe being removed andthe nates pressed together, the purpose now being to have as much aspossible absorbed into the general circulation. A favorite plan is thedrop-method (Fig. 35), in which the catheter is allowed to remain inplace for some hours, with the fluid made to leave it in the form of dropsat the rate of about 20 per Fig. 35.—Ai r\i:vri .^ iitii THE Drop-Method (jf rapidity of the flow id controlled by a .screw-clamp. Hot water-bags surround thevessel containing the liquid, (a) Larger view of the dropper-apparatus. 7. Inhalations.—Inhalations of vapor constitute a most usefulplan of treatment in early life. The inhalation may be of water-vaporalone or of chemical substances in the form of a vapor or spray. Forthe giving of a spray the steam atomizer is very serviceable. The smallglass vessel in front of the boiler may be filled with water or hme water,or with solutions containing benzoin, small amounts of turpentine, orother substance as The spray is best given under a croup tent,and should not be allowed to play directly against the face. A sniall room may be filled with water-vapor by repeatetlly plungingred-hot iron—such as flat-irons, stove hds and the like—or hot bricks or 236 THE DISEASES OF CHILDREN stones into tubs
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