NOTE: - 69 -

...[restlessness in] sleep, jumping up from sleep, twitching of the nerves, and other diseases having dangerous consequences. If the child is [still] at the breast, at that time the wet-nurse is considered the cause of these diseases; therefore, one must give the wet-nurse the medicine [under] Number 68, or finely pounded *dortsli* (see in Chapter A). 217. If the child’s belly is bloated and bound [i.e., constipated], give medicine [under] Number 38; or have [them] insert from behind [i.e., as a suppository] a small, sharpened tallow candle, and rub fresh, unsalted butter upon the belly. If, through purging from the belly, the abdomen does not go down and remains hard as before, they must bathe the child with warm water, and throw into the water two or three handfuls of mint, or chamomile flowers, or wormwood, or bran.

CHAPTER XXVI. On Cankers [or Sores] of the Mouth Caused by Milk.

218. This disease occurs in infants from one week of age. Its sign is the breaking out of white or yellowish sores in the mouth, which form in the throat, upon the lips, the gums, and the tongue, and sometimes also in the eyes and upon the buttocks. This disease is often dangerous for the infants, because not only do they feel intolerable pain, but they are also unable to suckle [at the breast] and remain hungry. If the erupted sores begin to soften and turn black, it is a clear sign that the infant’s end is not good. 219. This disease occurs in infants from uncleanness and from the corrupted air within the house; most especially when they are given suck with unwashed breasts. 220. The manner of curing this disease is this: Wherever these small sores have broken out, one must dip shredded linen into the medicine of Number 74 or 75, rub [it] upon the sores, and give [the infant] the medicine under Number 67 to drink. 221. If the infant’s stool be like pus or intestinal scrapings, give the medicine under Number 38.