the acute pain of the bowels, and the blood which generally app 3 
_in the stools ; and from the cholera morbus by its not being attend- 
ed with suclf violent fits of vomiting. _ 
_- Proenostics.—If stopt too soon it might be productive of the 
Worst-consequences. In old or delicate persons, or such as have 
been wasted with the gout, scurvy, or other lingering diseases, it ge- 
nerally proves fatal. eeesting and hiecuping are bad signs, as they _ 
show an inflammation of the stomach. Green, black, and stinking 
stools show the disease to be of the putrid kind. If clysters are im- 
mediately returned it is unfavorable. A feeble pulse, coldness of the 
extremities, with difficulty of swallowing, fainting, and convulsions, 
are signs of approaching death. 
Cure.—Nothing is of more importance in this disease than clean- 
jiness. Every thing about the patient should be frequently changed. 
The excrements should never be suffered to continue in his cham-_ 
ber, but removed immediately, and buried under ground. A con- 
stant stream of fresh air should be admitted into the patient’s cham-_ 
ber, and it ought frequently to be sprinkled with vinegar, lemon juice, 
or other acids. . een | 
The patient’s spirits must be kept up with the hope ofacure. No- 
thing tends more to make any putrid disease mortal, than the fears 
and apprehensions of the sick. A flannel waistcoat worn next the’ 
skin has often a very good effect in dysentery, by promoting perspi- 
ration. Care should be taken, however, not to leave it off too soon. 
In this disease, the greatest attention should be paid to the pa- 
tient’s diet: flesh, fish, and every thing that has a tendeney to turn 
putrid or rancid on the stomach, must be abstained from. A) 
boiled in water, water-pap, and plain light pudding, with broth made ~ 
from the gelatinous or glue-like parts of animals, may constitute the 
principal part of the patient’s food. Gelatinous broth not only answers’ 
the purposes of food, but likewise of medicine. The manner of 
making this broth is: take a sheep’s head and feet, with the skin on _ 
them, and burn the wool off with a hot iron ; afterwards boil them 
tall the broth is quite a jelly. A little cinnamon, or other aromatic 
may be added, to give the broth an agreeable flavor, and the patient 
may take a little of it warm, with toasted bread, three or four times 
a day. This broth, although simple, has cured whole families, 
when the common remedies failed, eas 
Another kind of food, very proper in dysen , is made b boiling 
a few handsful of fine aca, tied ina eth ee six or pec hours, 
ill it becomes as hard as starch. ‘T'wo or three table spoonsful 
nay be grated down and boiled in such a quantity of new 
rater, as to be of the thickness of pap. This may be 
2 patient’s taste, and taken for his ordinary food. 
putrid dysentery, the patient may be allowed to eat 
ng Of good ripe fruit; as apples, currants, str: 
