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-sician must if possible, gain the confidence of the hypochondriae 
patient, for without it, he may endeavor, but in vain, to relieve him. 
If necessary, he must indalge him in his whims, however ridiculous, 
and pretend to agree with him in his opinion about his complaints, use 
stratagem, or any way to keep his mind at ease ee his spirits, and 
eep him in the use of ‘medicine long 10) mee have it take effect. 
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Mepicine.— When the patient is costive, he ought to make use 
_of injections, as directed in costiveness. This 
and the stomach is relaxed 
a 
‘compounded according to the choice of the physician; valerian, lady 
1 elica, golden seal, cloves, unicorn, horse-radish, ginger, 
ent amus, pleurisy root, whitewood bark, colombo, caraway, 
balm of gilead, iron, myrrh, cayenne, skunk cabbage, crawley, castor, 
obelia, motherwort, dogwood, zanthoxylum, cohush, galangal, &c. 
Many excellent strengthening, and stimulating preparations will be 
found among the recipes, applicable to hypechrondriac complaints, 
Few things tend more to strengthen the nervous system than cold 
bathing. This practice, if duly ppraieadio, will produce very extra- 
ordinary effects; but when the or other viscera are obstructed, 
improper. It is therefore to 
or otherwise unsound, the cold bath is imprope 
be used with caution. It will be sufficient, especially for persons 
of a spare habit, to go into the cold bath three or four.times a week- 
If the patient be weakened by it, or feels chilly for a long time after 
coming out of it, it is improper. 
