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Use of sucrose as a treatment for infantile colic
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Editor,—In his commentary Dr Bell refers to ‘gripe water’ as being out of fashion.1 On the contrary, high street pharmacists will attest to the common use of gripe water for colic and other infantile ailments. In a survey of 200 infants in Sheffield 64% received gripe water, 28% for 15 days or more.2 …