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difficult to produce bilious discharges, and when once
established, the patient is comparatively relieved.
,yS'mptoms.- There is generally great irritability of
the stomach, a bitter taste and great heat, attended
with very acute pains about the region of the navel,
shifting frequently to various parts of the abdomen, and
generally little or no discharge of urine.
Treatment.-To allay the vomiting, I give a drop of
kreosote, if this does not have the desired effect, I
generally give a table-spoonful of the neutralizing mix-
ture, as recommended in cholera, at least every half
hour. To relieve the bowels and arouse the secretions
of the liver, I give the following:
I. Aloes, 5i., gamboge and extract of eupatorium
perfoliatum, (boneset,) 5ss., castile soap, Di., extract
podophyllum, lobelia seeds pulverized, and extract
gentian, aa. Di., capsicum x. grs., oil of cloves, gtts. 4.
Warm the extracts until they are soft, addl the other
articles in fine powder, mix intimately and divide
into 5 gr. pills, as an active cathartic, give from four
to six.
You will find cases where the pain is so acute,
that you will have to use anodynes from, the com-
mencement. In such cases I give morphine, until I
allay the irritation; before I give the cathartic pills,
their action should be assisted by stimulating ene-
mas, and where there is much pain, two or three
scruples of laudanum can be added to the injections
with advantage.
Where the disease is very violent in its character,
the warm bath should be resorted to, in connection with
the other remedies.
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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/m1/334/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.