THRUSH

is an affection of the mouth due to the growth of a porate yeast which forms white patches on the gums, cheeks and throat. The yeast may excite considerable inflammation of the mouth, though a it does not do so. The condition is most common in hand-fed infants, caused by dirty bottles, by dummy teate, and general bad management. Such infante usually havo diarrhea and soro buttocks, which the mothers explain away by saying it is the thrush going through the baby. a it is another result of the bad management which caused the thrush in the mouth. The treatment should bo an improvement in the general management of the baby, and the application to the white patches of a mild antiseptic; honey and borax is the popular remedy and is geet though we recommend b of boric acid applied gently with a camel's hair rush or swab of clean wool. Thrush occurs in the adult in the course of wasting illne es, and also from wearing pees of false teeth over festering stumps, a3 is so commonly one by domestic servants, at the present day. In such cases the servant usually gets sent to a fever hospital as a case of alleged diphtheria. [s. 416]