"Give her _one_ at a time--cold and crisp, upon your best china plate, and tell her that is all she can have for at least an hour.

Make her think that her appetite is under restraint.

This is in itself a stimulant." The hint is valuable.
In administering medicine, be careful to follow the physician's directions as to quantity and time of taking.

Do not prepare the dose in the presence of the patient, as it may make him exceedingly nervous to watch the dropping or pouring of the drug; and after it has been swallowed, put bottle and spoon out of sight.
In too many families there exists sinful ignorance as to what should be done in case of illness before the doctor arrives.

If a child comes in from play, hoarse and feverish, with nausea and pain in the head, he is often allowed to sit or lie about the house until the disagreeable symptoms become so pronounced as to cause alarm, and the physician is summoned.