summer complaint
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Camomile tea is good for sleeplessness; calamus and catnip for babies' colic; and cinnamon for hemorrhages and summer complaint.
From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Campbell, Helen
This is very good for children having summer complaint.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Delight in summer, complaint of winter--this is the fundamental chord struck again and again; there is scarcely any trace of blending the feelings of the lover with those of Nature.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred
It is often moaned out when the child is ill with "summer complaint" or other intestinal disturbances.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
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
