summer complaint

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This is excellent for summer complaint, whether in adults or children.

From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Campbell, Helen

After a few more summer complaint speeches agin that Horrible!

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870 by Various

For a patient with summer complaint, flavor by boiling a stick of cinnamon in it.

From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Campbell, Helen

This gruel is excellent for children afflicted with summer complaint.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)

Heretofore the baby has been expected to cry and to have summer complaint before anybody worried about the treatment it received.

From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.