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THE SICK man's companion. 2 



IiNJECTIOXS OR CLYSTERS. 



This manner of administering medicine is of 

 the greatest importance to the sickj it will fre- 

 quently give relief when all other applications 

 fail. It is supposed that the use of theai is of 

 great antiquity; but whether this be true or n ot, 

 the using them to relieve the sick, was certai nly 

 a valuable discovery; and no doubt thousand s of 

 lives have been saved by it. According to the 

 plan now adopted, there are certain important 

 objects aimed at in the administration of medi- 

 cine to remove disease, viz, to raise the inter nal 

 heat, promote perspiration, remove the cank er, 

 guard against mortification, and restore the di- 

 gestion. To accomplish these objects, the m ed- 

 icine necessary to remove the complaint must be 

 applied to that part where the disease is seat ed; 

 if in the stomach only, by taking the medic ire 

 it may be removed; but if in the bowels, the 

 same compound must be administered by inj re- 

 lion. Whatever is good to cure disease if take n 

 into the stomach, is likewise good for the sam e 

 purpose if given by injt^ction, as thegrnnd ohjec t 

 is to warm the bowels, and remove the canker . 

 In all cases of dysentary. cholic, piles, and nth - 

 er complaints where the bowels are biully affec - 



ted, injections should never be dispensed witli . 

 They are perfectly safe ia all cases, and better 

 that they be used ten times when not needed, 



than once neglected when they are_ln_many 



