CAT. } ; - 
Effect of purges during the menstrual flux ; cau-_ 
tion necessary to be observed at thistime. Effect — 
of drastic purges in cases of great debility of the 
bowels ; will induce marasmus, if too often re-— 
peated, and render the bowels morbidly irritable 
and liable to be operated on by a cause inadequate 
to move them in good health. Cathartic medi-— 
cines may be variously combined to attain a unio 
of the peculiar efficacy of each ingredient of 1 
combination ; advantages to be obtained b 
knowledge of this of the subject. ve 
Purges produce sleep. ever in maniacs. They 
___ vaise the pulsé under certain circumstances. Hux- 
_ ham says he found them to do so in the Devonshire — 
the circulation? Many articles of diet pw 
and astheir nutrient property is undoubtedly 
up, there seems. reason to infer that the cath 
property may. Rhubarb most evidently 
into the circulation ; its colouring matter pe 
the urine; there is no proof that this colow 
matter is distinct from its purgative, the 4 
root containing itabundantly. A reasoni 
of the absorption, derived from the effect 
gatives taken by nursing women, on the 
infants at the breast. They also effect the wl 
both by augmenting its flow. and altering its ¢ 
position. The general diuretic effect of 
noticed, - eo = ae 
_ Parges applied to open and runnin; 
operate cathartically on the person thus sub 
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