BOTANIC PHYSICIAN, age | 
iction with the flesh brush, a warm nnd,’ or flannel, 
nflammation, night and morning, should not be omitted. je 
aay then be bathed with oil of amber; this, with a large 
to the sacred bone and region of the loins, has recovered — 
had lost the use of their lower extremities. Heating stimu-— 
3 tineture of Spanish flies, a strong tincture of zanthoxylum, — 
_ or cayenne pepper, galangal root, or spirits of turpentine, mustard — 
and _horse-radish, may be freely used for bathing the palsied parts. — 
Electricity should be thoroughly tried, at least ; for it has often been 
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 attende with the happiest effect. 
A stimulating drink may be made of mustard neil horse-radish, 
cayenne pepper, galangal, zanthoxylum, prickly ash, grains of para- 
, angelica, pleurisy root, ginger, guialacum, or spirits of turpen= 
2 tine, &c. These may all be tinctured with valerian, or some othe 
= memringta thioh are peculiarly proper in the palsy. -: 
24 of iron, are very necessary, especially if the pationt 
Cold bathing is also beneficial. 
_ ‘When the Sisense affects several different parts of the body, iad 
ors both externally and internally, become more necessary.— __ 
-Vomits are very beneficial in this kind of palsy, and ought to be fre- — 
quently administered. Cephalic or sneezing suuff is likewise of use. 
If the tongue be affected, the patient may gargle his mouth frequently 
with brandy and mustard. ty 
__. Although in every instance a dangerous disease, palsy, particularly d 
at anadvanced period of life, is sometimes removed by the occurrence 
of a diarrhea, or fever. A feeling of warmth, anda slight pricking — 
= pain, as if stung by ants, in the part affected, with ee sensa- 
_ tion and motion, are favorable symptoms. 
_ Exercise is of the utmost importance in the palsy ; ; but the patient 
3 — beware of cold, damp, moist air. He ought to wear 
COSTIVEN ESS. 
We: do not mean to treat here of that costiveness or astriction of the 
Tavds, which is symptomatic of other diseases; but of that in 
quency of stools which sometimes happens, unconnected with any 
other disease. A 
en may proceed from drinking meet red wines or other 
uors; too much or too little exercise ; a long use 
pac ait which does not sufficiently stimulate the intestines: 
it is owing to the bile not descending to the intestines, 
as in the jaundice; and at other times it proceeds from diseases: 
the bowels, as a palsy, spasms, tumors, a cold dg of the in- 
testines, &e. 
Another cause I am compelled to add, and one which I ee 
produces more costiveness and inactivity of the bowels, than 
causes put together; and that is, the use. of mercury and 
ral medicines. 
Excessive costiveness is apt to occasion pains of the head, 
ing, colics, and other complaints of the bowels. It is peculiarly h 
er ful to hypochondriac and hysteric persons, as it generates w 
