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INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINES.
ing water. Steep, strain and sweeten. Dose.-One
table-spoonful every half hour. Or take
i3. Podophyllin, x. grs., and one drachm of the rhu-
barb and saleratus mixture. Mix, and give two or
three grains every two hours until the desired effect is
produced.
Throughout the whole course of the disease, the
bowels should be kept in a soluble condition by the
administration of the above remedies, or by neutral salts
or magnesia and manna. If, however, the cathartics
are found to irritate the alimentary canal, you can sub-
stitute emolient enemata, (injections.)
You should endeavor to produce a determination to
the surface, by inducing free perspiration; to do which
you can give Dover's powders, aqua ammonia, or the fol-
lowing sudorific infusion. Take
]1. Catnip,
Asclepias, (pleurisy root,) aa. 8i.
Xanthox. berries, (prickly ash,)
Menthe viridis, (spearmint,) aa. 8ss.
Make a strong infusion, and drink freely as warm as
possible; or Beach's Sudorific Tincture is a valuable
remedy.
The warm bath is a valuable adjuvant. In the ad-
vanced stages, if there should be diarrhoea, I would
advise the hydrg. cum. crete. (mercury and chalk,) in
combination with opium, in small but repeated doses, or
a mixture of nitro-muriatic acid and laudanum.
The most efficient measure is your active local treat-
ment; ascertain the seat of tenderness and cup it tho-
roughly and effectually. Warm fomentations are often304
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Massie, J. Cam. A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, book, 1854; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143817/m1/304/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.