LIME WATER FOR CHILDREN.

Patea Mail, 22 April 1882, Page 3

LIME WATER FOR CHILDREN.

If'gbbd milk disagrees' with a 'child'br , 0 1 . - . ~ .; , - - ° , . ; , . .: 1]: ■ ,; . •; ‘ lime water .at the rate of three or four tablespoonfuls to Ihe ’pint, mixed with the milk or taken after it, will usually lielp digestion arid prevent, flatulence.,, Lime .water is a'simple antacid,; and is a little tonic, ■ It often counteracts pain from acid fruits, from “wind int tlie stomach,” and from acids produced’ by eating candies and other sweets ; also “ stomach-ache ” (indigestion) from oyer-eating of any kind.U A tablespoonful for a child of two years

old, to a gill or more for an adult, is an ordinary dose, while considerably more will produce, no serious injury. - A-pint of cold water dissolves less than 10 grains of lime, and warm water still less. Pure lime water, even though pretty closely , corked, , soon deteriorates by carbonic acid in the; air, which unites with the lime and settles as an insoluble carbonate. To have it always ready and good, and at no cost, put into a tall pint or quart glass bottle of any kind a gill or so of good lime just slaked with water. Then fill the bottle nearly full of rain-pr other, pure-water,-;-and let it stand quietly, corking well. The “lime will settle, leaving clear lilne water at the top. Ponr off gently as wanted, adding more water as needed. Some carbonic acid will' enter, . but the carbonate will settle, often upon the sides of the bottle, and ; freshly saturated water remains. The lime should be removed arid a new supply put in once.a year or so, unless kept Very 1 tightly corked. -