Babyhood . ver> minute or so, replaced upon the ice,and cold ones reapplied, and this kept up foran hour or longer. Whilst these are being-applied the child should be lying on a sofaor bed; for cold cannot be applied to theeyes effectually while the patient is in thesitting or standing position. In addition tothe cold a little white vaseline (this is purerthan the ordinary yellow variety) should beapplied to the edges of the lids before thechild goes to sleep. TREATMENT OF STYES. Another trouble, though a slight one, isthe occurrence of styes. These, as all mo-thers will know, are small red
Babyhood . ver> minute or so, replaced upon the ice,and cold ones reapplied, and this kept up foran hour or longer. Whilst these are being-applied the child should be lying on a sofaor bed; for cold cannot be applied to theeyes effectually while the patient is in thesitting or standing position. In addition tothe cold a little white vaseline (this is purerthan the ordinary yellow variety) should beapplied to the edges of the lids before thechild goes to sleep. TREATMENT OF STYES. Another trouble, though a slight one, isthe occurrence of styes. These, as all mo-thers will know, are small reddish elevationsupon the margins of the lids, coming withoutknown cause, and becoming ripe, or filledwith matter, in the course of two or threedays, until which time they are painful, andinterfere with the childs comfort consider-ably, sometimes even making one believethat something more serious is the matterwith the child ; after two or three days theybreak, matter is discharged, and the sore 4i6 BAB heals, usually leaving no scar or disfigure-ment. Certain children have a predisposi-tion to these styes, and get them very often ;this predisposition depends upon conditionsof the system which the family physician iscalled upon to treat. When the child isthreatened with one of these small elevationsit becomes a matter of importance to preventtheir further formation, or else to have themrun their course rapidly and so reduce theamount of inconvenience to the little suffererto a minimum. Usually the child will complain of itchinessat one portion of the lid, and will be seen torub this part constantly, and on examinationthe mother sees a small,reddish elevation (), which she soon learnsto recognize as an ap-proaching stye ; at thisstage cold applicationsfor several hours in the manner given abovewill often serve to dissipate the comingevil, and no further annoyance will it have advanced, however, and asmall yellow spot in its centre shows thatmatter is form
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