TREATMENT FOR MEASLES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXIX, Issue 180, 22 July 1893, Page 3

TREATMENT FOR MEASLES.

Ths following is a copy of the instructions riven by J.P.Fitzgerald, M.D., Col-Surgeon, lor the treatment of measles. A ooatemporsays the recipes and treatment have been fried and foand most efficacious. Treatment— Keep the patient m bed m blankets without sheets, so as to keep the body warm, m order that the eruption may come fnlly out. Keep the ioorn well *eoti!ate4« so aa to get rid of all effluvia. Gwe nearly half a small tea cup fall of ginger tes, sweetened with sugar (hot), morning, noon, and night. This will drive the eruption from the interior to the surface jof the body. j?ood.— No meat should be taken. Sago, arrowroot, gtnel, or tapioca and milk are good, but there is no need to force the patient to eat, unless inclined to do so. Dnnk.— Milk and water, barley water, -whey, tee- All should be taken warm. Cold drink* are injurious. Sweetened cream of tartar water, made warm, is also good, If the patient Bboald be obliged to get up on any occasion take car* to, keep the bodj <w»rm, and return to bed 'as Bpeedily ac Tjo«fible, m order that the eraption may aoi fee driven interiorly. Lautive Medicine.— lf the bowels are confined give ia the first instance a little rhubarb and magnesia or castor oil, or boon siitd aperient medicine, but no violent oi active purgatives. Ginger Tea.— Bruise six large roots oi eood ginger, and boil m one quart of watei for 10 or 15 minutes. Sweeten with sugai v required. The quantity to take is half t cup for adults, about a third for personi about 15 years, and a quarter for children It can be givin of tenar than three times t 4»v if required.