150 CULPEPER’s’ EN'GLYS H- PHYSICIAN, 
Or THE. CHOLIC.- lois svoig. bloga 
THE cholic has‘a great refemblance to the two preceding difeafes, both in “its 
‘fymptoms and method of cure. It is generally attended with coftivenefs and acute 
pain of the bowels; and - requires diluting diet, evacuations, fomentations, &c. 
Cholics are varioufly denominated, according to their caufes, as the leer: the 
bilious, the hyfteric, the nervous, &c. a 
-CURE.---When the difeafe proceeds from windy liquor, green fruit, four oe) 
or the like, the beft medicine on the firft appearance of the fymptoms is a dram of 
brandy, gin, or any good {pirits. The patient fhould likewife fic with his feet upon 
a warm hearth-ftone, or apply warm bricks to them; and warm cloths may be ap- 
plied to the ftomach and bowels. This is the only cholic wherein ardent {pirits, 
fpiceries, or any thing of a hot nature, may be ventured upon. Nor ‘indeed are 
they to be ufed here unlefs at the very beginning, before any fymptoms of inflam- 
mation appear. The biliouscholic is attended with very acute pains about the re- 
gion of the navel, The patient complains of great thirft, and is generally coftive. 
He vomits a hot, bitter, yellow-coloured, bile, which, being difcharged, feems to 
afford fome relief, but is quickly followed by the fame violent pain as before. As 
the diftemper advances, the propenfity to vomit fometimes increafes fo as to become 
_almoft continual, and:the proper motion of the inteftines is fo far perverted, that 
there are all the fymptoms of an impending iliac paffion. If the patient be young © 
and ftrong, andthe pulfe full and frequent, it will be proper to bleed, after which 
clyfters may be adminiftered. Clear whey or gruel, fharpened’ with the juice’o: 
lemon, or cream of tartar, muft be drunk freely : it will be necéffary likewife “to 
foment the belly with cloths dipped in warm water; and, if this fhould not fucceed; 
the patient muft be immerfed up to the breaft in warm water. In the bilious choli¢, 
the vomiting is often very difficult to reflrain. “When this happens, ‘the patient 
may drink a decoction of toafted bread, or an infufion of garden-mint in boiling 
water. Such as are liable to frequent returns of the bilious cholic fhould ufeflefh 
| pa ah and’live chiefly upon’a light vegetable diet. They fhould likewile take 
x ently a dofe of cream of tartar with tamarinds, or any other cool acid purge. 
1¢ hyfteric cholic bears a great refemblance’ to the bilious. Ir is attended with 
‘pains’ about the region of the ftomach, vomiting, &c, But what the patient 
this cafe is commonly of a greenith colour. There is a great finking of 
the fpiits-with Gjection of mind and’ difficulty of breathing, which are the cha- 
_ paétériftic fymptoms of this diforder. Sometimes it is accompanied with the jaun- 
dice; but this generally goes off of its own accord in.a few days. In this cholic 
all eee. as bleeding, purging, vomiting, 8&c. do hurt. Every thing that 
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