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Epsom salts, - - - 4 ounces. 

 Thin gruel, - - - 4 quarts. 



Repeat this every half hour ; and if the symptoms 

 do not abate, the following ball may be given : 



Assafoetida, - . 1 drachm. 



Opium, - - - half a drachm. 



To be made into one ball with liquorice powder 

 and syrup. 



32. DlARRHCEA. 



Sijmptoms. — ^This disease is not common ; yet it 

 vSometimes occurs. It is indicated by a constant 

 and immoderate discharge of dung, accompanied 

 with pain, restlessness, and loss of appetite. As the 

 disorder increases, the discharge is chiefly mucous, 

 resembling jelly, or mixed with small hard lumps of 

 dung, covered with a greasy matter. When the 

 evacuation has become invokmtary, a^id the extre- 

 mities become cold, a fatal termination will generally 

 ensue. 



Causes. — This disorder may proceed from a defec- 

 tive perspiration, from too violent exertion, or from 

 eating unwholesome food. It may also be occa- 

 sioned from a morbid change in the secretions of the 

 stomach and intestines. Sometimes it is the critical 

 termination of a disease, in which case it is ex- 

 tremely useful, and ought not to be checked. 



Cure. — Both astringents and violent purges are 

 highly improper in this disease. Such medicines 

 are best that invigorate the intestines. The following; 

 anodyne clyster, recommended by Mr. Clarke, may 

 be used with advantage in cases where the purging 

 , is attended by griping pains, as it blunts the sharp- 

 ' aess of the corroding humours. 



Tincture of opium one ounce, or about two table 

 \ spoonfuls, with an infusion of linseed one pint, or 

 the jelly of common starch. 



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