The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4): A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better BabiesHague, W. Grant (William Grant)
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The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4): A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
Hague, W. Grant (William Grant)
Eugenics; Hygiene; Marriage
Symptoms.--This form of jaundice begins like an attack of ordinary
indigestion. There are, as a rule, pain, fever, vomiting, and
prostration. The pain is located in the upper part of the abdomen and
may be quite severe. The vomiting may continue for a number of days. The
bowels are usually constipated. After a few days the jaundice sets in
and may be quite intense. After the jaundice is established the stools
are gray or white in color and there is much gas in the bowel. The urine
is very dark and may be yellow or yellowish-green in color. The child
complains of headache, is dull and listless, and appears sick and weak.
The condition lasts about two weeks, but the jaundice may last much
longer. It is not a serious disease.
Treatment.--The diet should be cut down in quantity and should consist
of rare meat, fruit, and a small quantity of milk. If vomiting continues
the milk may diluted with lime water or vichy water. The child should
drink water or vichy water freely. No starchy foods, or fats, or sugars
should be allowed. The bowels should be kept open with calomel,
one-tenth of a grain every hour until ten are taken, to be followed by
citrate of magnesia every morning. If the pain is severe it may be
relieved by a mustard paste or a turpentine poultice. The child should
be given acid hydrochloric diluted, eight drops in one-half glass of
water, ten minutes before each meal--and kept on it for at least one
month.
INTESTINAL WORMS
There are three types of intestinal worms; they are known as the
round-worm, the thread-worm, and the tape worm.
Round-Worm.--The round-worm is usually found in children of the
run-about age. It is never seen in infancy. It occupies the small or
upper intestine, and is from four to ten inches long. If there are
round-worms in the bowel, there are usually a number of them and there
may be hundreds.
Symptoms.--Round-worms give no definite symptoms. The only possible
way to tell if they are present is actually to see them in the stools of
the child. They are of a light gray color.
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