There is a disease quite common to babies, called White Thrush. It appears on the mucous lining of the mouth and tongue, in the form of white patches, the same as sour milk would appear in the mouth. This will, if neglected, go to the stomach and bowels and cause a severe diarrhoea, and ultimately destroy the child.

Take of pulverized borax two drachms, and of white sugar two drachms; mix, and give a lump as large as a pea in a dry form every two or three hours till well. This is a certain cure. White Thrush is an animal growth, resembling in appearance the common smart weed, and borax will kill it just as quick as nitric acid will kill a cabbage or a tomato plant. The white or loaf sugar is simply to make it palatable to the child, and is slightly astringent in its character. I have used the above in hundreds of cases with satisfactory results. Sometimes five grains of Golden Seal will prove a great addition.