The infant in whom, from any of these causes, vomiting has come
on, must at once be taken from the breast, and, for a couple of
hours, neither food nor medicine should be given to it. It may
then be offered a teaspoonful of cold water; and should the stomach
retain this, one or two more spoonfuls may be given in the course
of the next half-hour. If this be not rejected, a little isinglass may
be dissolved in the water, which must still be given by a teaspoon=
ful at a time, frequently repeated; or cold barley-water may be
given in the same manner, In cight or ten hours, if no return of
vomiting take place, the experiment may be tried of giving the
child its mother's milk, or cow's milk diluted with water, in small
quantities, and from a teaspoon. If the food thus given do not
occasion sickness, the infant may in from twelve to twenty-four
hours be restored to the breast; with the precaution, however, of
allowing it to suck only very small quantities at a time, lest the
stomach being overloaded, the vomiting should again be produced.
