Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . lcoholicstimulants, which should be diluted eight times beforeadministration, quinin, calomel, iodids, cod-liver oil,bromids, chloral, and belladonna. Belladonna often causes an erythema or redness ofthe skin even when given in small quantities, but thisdoes not necessarily mean that the drug is producingdeleterious effects. Chloral should be given by the rectum. When givenby the mouth it causes irritation of the mucous mem-brane
Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . lcoholicstimulants, which should be diluted eight times beforeadministration, quinin, calomel, iodids, cod-liver oil,bromids, chloral, and belladonna. Belladonna often causes an erythema or redness ofthe skin even when given in small quantities, but thisdoes not necessarily mean that the drug is producingdeleterious effects. Chloral should be given by the rectum. When givenby the mouth it causes irritation of the mucous mem-branes. Drugs poorly borne by children include opium,usually given in the form of Dovers powder, salicylates,iron, and acids. Children are more susceptible to opiumthan adults. The other drugs mentioned have a tendencyto derange the digestion. Mixtures containing arsenicshould be diluted with at least eight parts of water whenadministered. 435 436 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES RULES FOR DOSAGE IN CHILDHOOD Several rules for dosage in childhood have been devised,founded on the fact that drugs influence the human organ-ism somewhat in proportion to the body Fig. 116.—Medicine-dropper. Showing the correct method of dropping £rom the thickerportion of the tube. (J. P. C. Griffith.) Youngs Rule.—Add twelve to the age of the child and divide the sum into the age. This gives the pro-portionate quantity of an adult dose. Thus, the age of achild being two years, two plus twelve would be fourteen,and fourteen divided into two would be -^^ or i of theadult dose, being the proper dose for a child of twoyears. THERAPEUTICS 437 Cowling*s Rule.—Divide the age of the child at thefollowing birthday by twenty-four, and the result is theproportionate dose for that child. Thus, the followingbirthday of a child being four years, /^ or \ of the adultdose would be the proper quantity for a child at threeyears. THE THERAPEUTIC LIMIT The therapeutic limit of a drug is the furthest pointto
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