Make a Mixture, [Footnote: Let the mixture be made by a chemist.] Half a tea-spoonful to be given to an infant of six months and under, and one tea-spoonful to a child above that age, every four hours--first shaking the bottle. If the babe be at the breast, he ought, for a few days, to be kept _entirely_ to it. The mother should be most particular in her own diet. _What NOT to do._--The mother must neither take greens, nor cabbage, nor raw fruit, nor pastry, nor beer; indeed, while the diarrhoea of her babe continues, she had better abstain from wine, as well as from fermented liquors. The child, if at the breast, ought _not_, while the diarrhoea continues, to have any artificial food. He must neither be dosed with grey-powder (a favourite, but highly improper Remedy, in these cases), nor with any quack medicines, such as Dalby's Carminative or Godfrey's Cordial. 103. _What are the symptoms of Dysentery_? Dysentery frequently arises from a neglected diarrhoea. It is more dangerous than diarrhoea, as it is of an inflammatory character; and as, unfortunately, it frequently attacks a delicate child, requires skilful handling; hence the care and experience required in treating a case of dysentery. Well, then, what are the symptoms? The infant, in all probability, has had an attack of diarrhoea--bowel complaint as it is called--for several days; he having had a dozen or two of motions, many of them slimy and frothy, like "frog-spawn," during the twenty-four hours. Suddenly the character of the motion changes,--from being principally stool, it becomes almost entirely blood and mucus; he is dreadfully griped, which causes him to strain violently, as though his inside would come away every time he has a motion,--screaming and twisting about, evidently being in the greatest pain, drawing his legs up to his belly and writhing in agony. Sickness and vomiting are always present, which still more robs him of his little remaining strength, and prevents the repair of his system. Now, look at his face! It is the very picture of distress. Suppose he has been a plump, healthy little fellow, you will see his face, in a few days, become old-looking, care-worn, haggard, and pinched. Day and night the enemy tracks him (unless proper remedies be administered); no sleep, or if he sleep, he is, every few minutes, roused. It is heart-rending to have to attend a bad case of dysentery in a child,--the writhing, the screaming, the frequent vomiting, the pitiful look, the rapid wasting and exhaustion, make it more distressing to witness than almost any other disease a doctor attends. 104. _Can anything be done to relieve such a case_? Yes. A judicious medical man will do a great deal. But, suppose that yon are not able to procure one, I will tell you _what to do_ and _what NOT to do_.