tooth-cough

Updated: May 17, 2025

A child is subject to a slight cough during dentition called by nurses "tooth-cough" which a parent would not consider of sufficient importance to consult a doctor about: pray tell me, is there any objection to a mother giving her child a small quantity either of syrup of white poppies, or of paregoric, to ease it?

Pye Henry Chavasse - Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children