TY - JOUR
AU - Fearn, C. B. d'A.
AB - Tropical Doctor,]uly I972 SOFT TISSUE INJURIES I· 121 DISCUSSION methods for preparing and administering them at To many clinicians the simplest plan for home home is as important as any other therapeutic management of diarrheea would seem to be to dispense measure. saline or salt tablets; but then each mother has to be instructed separately, by the busy dispenser, on how SUMMARY A method is described by which mothers learn, by to use the saline. Even if she understands and remem­ bers the instructions until she reaches home, and active participation, a simple method of rehydrating gives the saline properly, the mother is still none the their sick children and preventing dehydration in the wiser the next time the child is sick, because the future. The two-fingers-and-a-thumb pinch of salt saline has been regarded as a medicine. is shown to be a suitable measure. Although the teaching about fluids is intended primarily for the management of diarrheea, it is also ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS good sense for any child with fever and anorexia. I would like to thank Dr David Morley of the Institute The two-fingers-and-a-thumb pinch of salt is of Child Health, University of London, for his shown to be a 
TI - Treatment of Soft Tissue Injuries and Compound Fractures
JF - Tropical Doctor
DO - 10.1177/004947557200200307
DA - 1972-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/treatment-of-soft-tissue-injuries-and-compound-fractures-ifyTY7glkP
SP - 121
EP - 126
VL - 2
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -