[11]. In these circumstances I have sometimes found the children liable to a formidable disease, described by Dr. Heberden, in his little treatise on the diseases of children, “Cap. De Duritie Cutis.” I have met with this oftener than once in the same family, until the constitution of the mother was attended to, on the principle I have mentioned, after which the children were healthy.
[12]. Hiccup sometimes accompanies this complaint: at other times it attacks the patient as a disease by itself, or alternates with palpitation. It is best treated by giving large doses of ether. It is also necessary to clear the bowels; afterwards the compound tincture of bark is useful.
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