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mation ; as golden seal, bayberry, angelica; blue and wh 
tiveness, the color of the skin black, sour belchings. If from 
overflowing of the bile, the stools are intensely yellow. Fees 
If recent, it is easily cured ; a black turbid urine indicates the 
pulsion of the disease ; the yellower the skin, the easier ; the blacker, 
the harder it is to be removed. In a state of pregnancy itis of little 
consequence, as parturition removes it. From a schirrus of the 
liyer the cure is difficult. 
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Tur Core.—The diet should be light, but not altogether vegeta- 
ble, as veal or chicken broth, boiled apples, with light bread. Three 
or four raw eggs ought to be taken every day: they are of great ad- 
vantage in any stage of the disorder. The drink should be butter- — 
milk, whey, sweetened with honey, or decoctions of cool, opening 
vegetables, as marsh-mallows, liquorice, &c. Amusements are like- 
wise of great use in the jaundice. Whatever, therefore, tends to 
promote the circulation, to cheer the spirits, must have a good effect, 
as dancing, laughing, singing, &c. 
_Mepicine.—Whether the passage of the bile be obstructed by 
biliary concretions or spasms, the same plan nearly must be adopt- 
ed. First, an‘ emetic must be administered; and if the disease 
proves obstinate, it may be repeated once or twice. No medicines 
are more beneficial in the jaundice than emetics. By the commo 
wise be kept open by some laxative and alkaline mixture, or ev 
Castile soap alone. Clysters may be used, and should: have plent 
of soft soap mixed with them. The fonic tincture, and iron and 
myrrh, may be given, moderately at first, increasing afterwards, if 
they have a beneficial effect. These are the best medicines that can 
be given, if the liver has not become schirrous, . 
Fomenting the parts about the region of the stomach, and liver, 
and rubbing them witha warm hand, or flesh brush, are very bene- 
ficial. ere 
Jaundice, particularly if connected with an affection of the er, 
has ofter been cured by the decoction or expressed juice of dand 
lion, persevered in for a sufficient length of time, Half an ounce of 
juice, or more if the patient can bear it, should be taken 
wice orthrice a day; or an equal proportion of the decoction. This 
should be taken in sufficient quantity at first to create a sensation 
that may be felt throughout the whole system. 
In this disease soap alone, has been considered as almost a speci- 
fic by some : but it is much better combined with rhubarb, andtaken | 
sufficiently to keep the bowels gently open. The iron and myrrh - 
pills being mixed with soap are peculiarly appropriate. : 
Such things as quicken the circulation, stimulate the solids, ; 
give a tone to the system, are proper, unless there is much inflam- 
vervain, saffron, wild cherry bark, in decoction, or cider 
gall, bitters of every kind, columbo, ni h 
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