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Preventable Diseases of Children: Don't

They contain opium. Opium kills babies. Don't dope your baby. of the drug passes away, the child becomes irritable and fretful with the result that another dose is administered. When the craving is thus met the child is quieted and the mother or nurse feels justified in "recommending" the remedy to her neighbors. Sometimes such children look plump and healthy when, as a matter of fact, their flesh is soft and flabby and they are poorly prepared to withstand the attack of disease.

Don't Dope Colicky Babies.-Soothing sirup is most often recommended and used in case of colic. Paregoric, whisky, brandy or soothing sirup are improper remedies for that disease.