Stuffing him, in the early months of his existence, _with food_, the mother having plenty of breast-milk the while; the constant physicking of a child by his own mother; teething; hooping-cough, when attacking a very young baby. I never knew a case of convulsions occur—say for the first four months (except in very young infants laboring under hooping-cough)—where children lived on the breast-milk alone, and where they were _not_ frequently quacked by their mothers! For the treatment of the convulsions from teething, see page 61. _What to do_ in a case of convulsions which has been caused by feeding an infant either with too much or with _artificial_ food. Give him, every ten minutes, a teaspoonful of ipecacuanha wine, until free vomiting be excited, then put him into a warm bath (see Warm Baths); and when he comes out of it administer to him a teaspoonful of castor oil, and repeat it every four hours until the bowels be well opened. _What_ NOT _to do_.—Do not, for at least a month after the fit, give him artificial food, but keep him entirely to the breast. Do not apply leeches to the head. _What to do in a case of convulsions from hooping-cough._—There is nothing better than dashing cold water on the face, and immersing him in a warm bath of 98 degrees Fahr. If he be about his teeth, and they be plaguing him, let the gums be both freely and frequently lanced. In convulsions from hooping-cough I have found cod-liver oil a valuable medicine. Convulsions seldom occur in hooping-cough, unless the child be either very young or exceedingly delicate. In either case cod-liver oil is likely to be serviceable, as it helps to sustain and support him in his extremity. Convulsions attending an attack of hooping-cough make it a _serious_ complication, and requires the assiduous and skillful attention of a judicious medical man. _What_ NOT _to do_ in such a case.—Do not apply leeches; the babe requires additional strength, and not to be robbed of it; and do not attempt to treat the case yourself. 95. _What are the best remedies for the costiveness of an infant?_ I strongly object to the frequent administration of opening medicine, as the repetition of it increases the mischief to a tenfold degree. _What to do._—If a babe, after the first few months, were held out, and if, at regular intervals, he were put upon his chair, costiveness would not so much prevail. It is wonderful how soon the bowels, in the generality of cases, by this simple plan may be brought into a regular state.