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Snuffles

A troublesome compatients should breathe pure air, as that they should have good nourishing food, but it is plaint, to infants especially. The mucous not so. Theoretically, the value of pure air membrane of the nose, through the taking of is accepted; but practically it is universally cold, being much swollen, the child is no neglected. Healthful respiration has yet to longer able to breathe through its nose, as it be applied not only to every-day life, but in was accustomed to do, but is compelled to the treatment of disease. In ill health, and breathe through the mouth. The difficult . The difficult particularly diseases of the respiratory organs, breathings are attended by a peculiar snuffling the dictates of science and common sense are noise, which, in sleep, becomes a regular loud grossly outraged. If those persons who have snore. It often interferes with its sucking at consumption, or who have an inclination to it, the breast; as soon as it scizes the nipple a would spend an hour every day in breathing threatening suffocation compels it to desist. pure air to the fullest extent to which their While this complaint lasts the child may be lungs are capable of taking it in, they would partially fed with the spoon; give it a very mild do more to prevent and cure this disease than it is possible to do by medication. purgative; bathe its legs frequently in warm water. Rub the nose with tallow, and apply a slippery elm poultice mixed with cream.