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a : 
_ Ginger, pepper, cloves, nutmegs, and such like, are proper. Bit- 
ters, as myrrh, gentian, unicorn root, centaury, camomile, galangal, 
BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
y carries it off. Feeding on chalk,tobacco pipes, and such 
' not the cause, but the effect of the disease. . 
_ Tug Curt.—The regimen should be the same as in weakness of 
the s ids. An emetic is very proper to commence with. Afterwards 
Soe tonics, and bitters, alkalies, &c. The tonic tincture 
is of great service, as it infuses vigor and animation into the system. 
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Orange-peel, &c. are also appropriate. Anti-spasmodics 
_ and emmenagouges may be necessary, in some cases. © 
DISEASES OF PREGNANCY. 
__ing frequently indisposed during the whole or greater part of the 
time of their gestation. Few fatal diseases, however, happen dur- 
ing this period ; and hardly any except abortion that can be called 
ngerous. 
During a state of pregnancy, three different stages evident] y exist, » 
each of which has a distinct set of symptoms; nor need we’ be 
surprised when we come to consider the alteration the constitution 
suffers as a consequence of impregnation, at the many complaints 
and irregularities which then arise. The first state of pregnancy is 
lly attended with a suppression of the menstrual i, accom- 
nied with nausea and frequent vomiting, particularly in the 
morning ; heartburn, indigestion, peculiar longing, headach, giddi- 
_ ess, toothache, and sometimes a slight cough ; the breasts become 
enlarged, shooting pains extend through them, and the circle round 
the nipple alters to a dark brown color. A feverish tendency, with 
debility, emaciation, irritability and peevishness of temper, and a 
total alteration of countenance, every feature of which becomes 
‘sharpened, also frequently occur. During the whole or te 
_ part of the second stage of gestation, as well as the first, the vomit- 
ing will continue with some women ; this, however, does not usually 
_ Partial suppressions of urine, with frequent inclination to void it; 
itching about the external parts of generation, costiveness, inchna- 
tion without ability to go to stool, and the piles, are what women are | 
mostly incommoded by during the second stage. et 
QuicKENtNc.—Most women quicken about the sixteenth week 
after conception, at which time the mother becomes sensible of the. 
slightest efforts of her child; and besides the complaints above — 
enumerated, she will then be liable to sudden fainting, and slight — 
hysteric affections. During the last three months, or third stage of | 
_ pregnancy, gencral uneasiness, restlessness, ( particularly by night,) 
