Wine is
seldom necessary, except under circumstances of unusual debility after
a protracted illness, when its moderate use tends much to assist the
convalescence; but, if given unadvisedly, there will be great hazard of
exciting internal inflammatory disease.
Relapses are sometimes caused by the child getting about too soon, and
by indulgence of the appetite, particularly for food: a proper degree
of restraint, therefore, must be placed upon the child by the parent,
who cannot too strictly carry out the directions of the medical
attendant upon the diet and regimen during this period.
Great attention must still be paid to the state of the bowels, and,
indeed, to all the secretions and excretions.
PEELING OFF OF THE CUTICLE, AND FALLING OFF OF THE HAIR.--To promote
the more easy separation of the cuticle from the surface of the body, a
warm or tepid bath may be usefully employed at the close of the
disease. It will, moreover, greatly contribute to the comfort of the
child, and induce a more healthy condition of the skin. Occasionally
the cuticle of the whole hand and fingers will peel off unbroken, when
it will resemble precisely a glove in shape.
As is the case in all fevers, more or less, so particularly after
scarlet fever, there is a great tendency to the falling off of the
hair.
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