- Vomiting may pended from various causes; as excess in eutig 0 or 
_ drinking; foulness of the stomach; acrimony of the food ; transla- 
tion of morbific matter of ulcers, gout, erysipelas, or other diseases, to 
the stomach. It may likewise come from a looseness having been too 
suddenly stopped ; trom a weak stomach, the. woes a rupture, fit of - 
into 
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the gravel, worms, or from any kindof poison taken j 
symptom of injuries done ‘the brain, scmguecneyoun: 
ons, &c. It is also a symptom of wounds, neon ef 
he diaphragm, intestines, spleen, liver, kidneys, &c.— 
Vomithig may be occasioned by unusual motions, as falling, ate 3 
ing, riding ‘backward ina carriage, &c.; also by violent passions, or 
the idea of nauseous or disagreeable objects. Sometimes it proceeds 
from a regurgitation of the bile into the stomach: in this case, what 
the patient vomits is generally of a yellow or greenish color, and has _ 
a bitter taste. Nervous persons are often suddenly seized withfits of | 
Lastly, vomiting is a common symptom of pregn 
ase, it generally comes on about.two weeks after the 
page of the menses, and continues during the first three or four 
vomiting proceeds from: a foul stomach or indigestion, it is 
cae, ts as a disease, but as the curé of a isease. It 
gruel. 
Hedilehot, me or ipecacuanha, may be taken; and worked off ma 
weak camomile tea. nis 
When the striking in of the gout, or any humor of the drétioniys - 
casion vomiting, these must first be repelled from the stomach, and 
afterwards cleansed out of the system by alteratives, &c.°9 
~ When vomiting is the effect of pregnancy it : may gener 
mitigated by keeping the body gently open with Jax: 
purgatives of the mildest kind, as butternut, figs, ma 
the like: if necessary, the’ sal eratus’ and: e may be 
ly in small doses. Pregnant women are most st aptto 
ring, immediately after getting out of bed, whichis) 
owing | the change of posture, but more to the emptiness of __ 
the stomaeh.~ If may “be generally prevented by taking a dish of 
» coffee, tea,or some light breakfast, in bed. Women in this situation — 
= =, to be kept easy, bothrin body and mind. ‘They should neither 
w their stomachs to get quite empty, or eat much at once. © Cold 
water is very proper drink in this case; if the’stomach tee 
brandy may be added to it. If the spirits be ee : 
ater, with her other drink, maybe taken. 
g proceeds from weakness of the stomach 
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