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Title: Pediatrics : the hygienic and medical treatment of children
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Dunn, Charles Hunter, 1875-1926 Rotch, Thomas Morgan, 1849-1914
Subjects: Pediatrics
Publisher: Troy, N. Y. : The Southworth Co.
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r broth, eggs, a little meat, fruit, andbread or zwieback in moderate amounts. The condition of the bowels requires careful attention in the treat-ment of eczema.. At times constipation is the principal excitingcause, the removal of which is the only measure necessary to bringabout a cure. Such cases should be treated as described under theheading of constipation. In babies under one year, I prefer milkof magnesia, given in divided doses with every feeding. In olderchildren my preference is for sodium phosphate, given in a singledose each morning. The occasional bringing about of catharsis bythe giving of calomel is useful, particularly in cases of overfeeding. Whenever the urine is scanty and concentrated, or highly acid,it is well to see that the child takes plenty of water between feedings.Also, ten to twenty grains of acetate of potassium should be givendaily. The general treatment of the causes of eczema operating fromwithin, may be summed up in these words. The general condition
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Fig. 268—Mask and hood for the treatment of eczema Eczema 423 of the child should be made as good as possible. The form of eczemamost likely to be benefited by dietary treatment is the commonfacial exudative eczema. Towle and Talbot have recently obtainedevidence that dietary measures are less affective in the subacute orchronic papular form. Local Treatment.—The principal object of the local treatmentof eczema is to protect the skin from external irritation. In a caseof eczema, the skin is so sensitive to external irritants, that suchconditions as contact with water, or even normal exposure to the air,may cause irritation of the skin. A case of eczema should never bewashed with plain water. The good results in eczema which followthe use of particularly medicated ointments or pastes are usuallyattributed to the composition of the remedy. I believe that theyshould be rather attributed to the protection of the skin from evensuch shght irritation as contact with the air. The chief va

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