The administration of medicine often requires considerable skill, and is a task in which more clumsiness than tact is often exhibited. Teach the nurse that a child cannot swallow as long as the spoon is between the teeth, but that it is advisable to depress the tongue a brief moment and withdraw the spoon as soon as emptied. Should the child -rebel, there are many ways by which he can be diverted, so that he shall swallow his medicine before he knows it. Also, should he have a fondness for any special thing, such as sugar, jelly, etc., the taste of the medicine may be quite hidden by mixing it with the thing he loves.

Children should be early taught to show tongue and throat and to gargle; should be encouraged to look upon a Physician's visit as a pleasant event, and never be terrorized into compliance by threats of what the Doctor may say or do.