-poison jensabeapaubstancss taken into the — An hys 
men it is a very common, though not so dangerous, symptom. — 
A great part of the danger i in this Taig diane feces the 
sated blood lodging in the bowels, and becoming putrid, by 
means a dysentery or putrid fever may be occasioned. To prevent 
this, keep the bowels open with clysters. Purges must not be given 
till the discharge is stopped. All the food and drink must be ofa _ 
mild cooling nature, and taken in small quantities. Even cold water 
drank has sometimes proved a remedy, but it will succeed better 
when sharpened with elixir vitriol. Opiates may be of service, 
they must be given in very small doses, as four or fixe drops of lau 
danum, twice or thrice a day. te 
After the dis sharge is over, as the patient is ger 
with gripes occasioned by the acrimony of the blood lo 
intestines, gentle purges may be given, ~ 
BLOODY URINE. 
‘This isa discharge of blood from the vessels of the kidecyhee. 
bladder, occasioned by their being either enlarged, broken, or & 4 
It is more or less dangerous according to the cause, aie 
When pure blood is. voided suddenly, without, 
without pain, it proceeds from the kidneys; t 
small quantity, of a dark color, and emitted 
about the ttom of the belly, it proceeds from the b 
ly urine is occasioned by a rough stone descending 
kidneys to the bladder, which wounds the ureter, it is a 
a sharp pain in the back, and difficulty of making water. 
_ coats of the bladder are hurt by a stone, and the bloody urine fol-. ~ 
lows, it is attended with the most acute pain and the previous stop- 
page of urine. 
Bloody urine may also be occasioned by falls, blows, hard riding, 
or any violent motion. It may also proceed from ulcers of the blad- 
der, oo chordee, and S a diuretic medicines, partjcularly can- 
fixed with purulent matter, it shews an ulcer somewhere i 
urinary passages. Sometimes this discharge proceeds from 
of blood, in which case it is salutary. If the dise 
reat, it may waste the patient's strength, and ace! habit 
‘body, a dropsy, or a consumption. if 
- The treatment of this disorder must be directed to “ail cause. 
When owing to the stone, we must endeavor to remove that. If at- 
tended with symptoms of. inflammation, mild purgatives and cooli 
diuretics, as cleavers, are proper. If it proceeds froma dissolv 
state of the blood, it is commonly the symptom of some mal 
disease, as putrid fever, small pox, &e.; in which case warming 
- bracing tonics are required, together with wine, acids, &c. If from ai 
alcer in the kidneys, cleansing and healing medicines, as the anti-m 
_ curial fy at balsam of life,” balsam of fir, marsh-mallows 
be urgent, gentle atthe may be 
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