Then wash the head thoroughly with castile soap, and apply the above morning and night, and use internally the following:—­

    Iodide Potash 192 grains
    Fluid Extract Stillingia 1 ounce
    Fluid Ext.  Prickly Ash Bark 1/2 ounce
    Fluid Ext.  Yellow Dock 1 ounce
    Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, q. s 8 ounces
    Mix.”

Take about one-half teaspoonful from two to four times a day, according to the age of the child.  If this treatment is kept up faithfully, you will be sure to obtain a cure.

Teething.—­There are twenty teeth in the first set.  There is sometimes slight fever, restlessness, sleepless nights, maybe loss of appetite and some indigestion.  If signs of indigestion are seen, give less food, and replace same with boiled water.  If he is a nursing baby give him an ounce of boiled water before nursing and nurse him only ten to fifteen minutes.  If he is restless at night give him a warm sponge bath, and if there is any fever, add one teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda to a basin of tepid water.  If the gums are very much congested and swollen and the child suffers, they may need to be lanced.  Sometimes the teeth come earlier, but generally between the fifth and ninth months.  They appear usually as follows:—­

2 lower central incisors 6 to 9 months (often earlier) 4 upper incisors 7 to 10 months 2 lower lateral incisors 12 to 14 months 2 anterior upper molars 12 to 16 months 2 anterior lower molars 12 to 16 months 2 upper canines (eye teeth) 18 to 24 months 2 lower canines (stomach teeth) 18 to 24 months 2 lower and 2 upper posterior molars 24 to 30 months

During the first year the child should cut six teeth; next six months, six or more; at two years he should have sixteen; at two and one-half years twenty.  About the sixth year the permanent teeth are cut and follow closely after the shedding of the milk teeth.

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Teething.—­Permanent teeth, usual order.

4 first molars 6 years 4 central incisors 7 years 4 lateral incisors 8 years 4 first bicuspids 8-1/2 to 9 years 4 second bicuspids 10 years 4 canines 11 or 12 to 14 years 4 second molars 12 to 13 years, (12 to 15) 4 wisdom teeth 18 to 25 years (17 to 25)

Hiccough.—­Some infants are very liable to hiccoughs.  It is generally a matter of little importance.  It is a spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, often caused by gas or wind or too much food in the baby’s stomach.  It is very annoying, and should not be allowed to go on indefinitely.  Pat the baby gently, but suddenly, on the back, or give him a little hot water in which there are a few grains of sugar or a drop of essence of peppermint.  See that he does not feed too fast or suck an empty bottle.