other grievous symptoms.—Some people bear co 
degree.® = 
Persons who are generally costive, should live upon a m 
and laxative diet ; as roasted or boiled apples, pears, raisins, grue 
with currants, butter, honey, and such like. Broths, withsmallage, | 
leeks, and other soft pot herbs, are likewise proper. Mucilaginous 
herbs, as slippery elm, flaxseed, comfrey, and the like, are prope 
Rye bread is preferable to wheat. No person troubled with cos-— 
ee should eat wheat bread alone, especially that made of fine 
r. : 
Costiveness is increased by keeping the body too warm, and by 
every thing that promotes perspiration, as wearing flannel, lying 
long in bed, &c. Intense thought and sedentary life, are hi je 
hurtful. All the secretions and excretions are promoted by mode- 
rate exercise without doors, and by a gay, cheerful and sprightly 
temper of mind. 
The drink should be of an opening quality. All ardent spirits 
and austere and astringent wires, as port, and claret, ought to be 
avoided. Malt liquor, that is fine, and of a moderate strength, is 
very proper. Buttermilk, whey, and such like, are proper, and may 
1s cere ped 
rhubarb, 1-2 oz. rust of iron, and 1-4 oz. of cloves, in a quart of good 
wine, and drink a wine glass full two or three timesaday. Jelliesand = 
other warming and strengthening medicines, made slightly laxative, = 
are appropriate. Sees ae 
__ Active physic should never be used in this complaint, unless th 
‘bowels have been so long closed as to render it absolutely n Beye 
A constant use of physic for costiveness is extremely foolish, as it is © 
Con eee the debility of the bowels, which is the cause 
of the disease. When physic must be taken, let it be rhubarb, 
which is not so weakening. : lie 
WANT OF APPETITE. 
ymay proceed from a foul stomach ; indigestion ; the want 
and exercise ; grief, fear, anxiety, or any of the dep 
}; excessive heat ; the use of any thing that palls the 
of digestion ; strong liquors, tea, tobacco, opit 
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