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tive and emollient clysters, as barley-water, or gruel with salt, n 
Softered with sweet oil or fresh butter; these may be admin stered 
every two or three hours, or oftener, if the patient continues costive. 
self the: inflammation is»sevete, and mortification is endangered, 
a clyster of yeast, with half an ounce of laudanum in it, may be ad- 
ministered, and other antiseptics. WY tants vc 
tw» Acids haveva very good effect’in staying vomiting ; the patient’s 
drink may therefore be sharpened with lemon juice, elixir vitriol, &c. 
Mucilaginous substances may be taken, as comfrey, or slippery elm 
jelly. shinr dad 2 > loved «ied: Io seep wie 
Ifa stool cannot be procured by injection, it will/be necessary to 
immerse the patient in warm -water up to the breast. | This often 
succeeds when other means fail. The patient must continue inthe 
water as long as he can easily bear it without fainting, and ifoneim- 
mersion is notsufficient, it may be repeatedyas soon as the patient’s 
strength and spirits are recruited. » It is safer to: go frequently into 
the bath, than'to continue too long at a time. © 
It has sometimes happened, after all other means of procuring a 
stool have been: tried to ne purpose, this was brought about by im- 
mersing the patient’s extremities in cold water, or dashing his legs 
— water. This method, when others fail, ‘may dese & 
trial. ; ae : 1a nt Pas 
» In desperate cases of obstruction to the passage through the 
bowels, it is common to give quicksilver, or duck shot. They may 
either of them be given in quantity of from one to two ounces. 
When there is reason-to fear mortification of the intestines, this 
ought not to be tried: in that case it cannot ease the patient, but 
only hasten his death. But when the obstruction is occasioned by 
any cause that can be removed by force, as hard dry feeces, these 
are not only proper remedies, but the only substances that can make 
their way through the-intestina] cana). ys 
When there is little inflammation, and clysters do not produce a 
passage, mild purgatives, as castor oil, senna, &c. may be used. 
The Iliac Passion, which is generally confounded with inflam- 
mation of the intestines, consists in an inversion of the worm-like — 
downward motion of the guts ; consequently nothing can pass 
downwards. It is caused by the receiving of an upper part of an 
aatestine into a lower, or the contrary, twisting of the guts, &e. - 
* he treatment necessary is the same as in the above disorder : 
arge injections of yeast are particularly necessar ; ¢clysters 
of rites, moke are also of great chia : al 
af the in ation proceeds a hernial rupt must 
be reduced before relief can be os : phe pet oe rit 
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COLIC. 
2 colic has a great resemblance to the two preceding 
s symptoms, and method of cure. It is generally : 
