212 REMEDIES. 



After the removal of the calculi, the alleviation of pain, 

 and restoration of the functions of the stomach and 

 bowels, are best accomplished by Nux V<>m. and ('?' 

 combined with plenty of out-door exercise, a bland but 

 generous diet, and the use of the Friedrichshall, the 

 Seidschutz, or the Pulna waters, we must at the 

 time proceed to grapple with the second object in \ 

 viz., to rid the system of the remaining concretions, 

 and prevent the manufacture of fresh 01 



ALLOPATHIC TKF.AT.MKM. Remedies for dissolving 

 gall-stones have in all ages been suggested and sought 

 :iiunn believed he had discovered the 

 "specific" in the "fi.xed alkalies;" IJianchi and 

 Swieten condemned them as useless. l)urandi exi 

 the compound sulphuric ether and oil of turpeir 

 Summering, ether with the yolk of egg; and I >u]>aiv(|ue, 

 ether with castor oil. These remedies have in turn 

 I'.ondeinned by Th< : nard. Freri-hs Mmvhisnn, and Tanner 

 as worthless. 1 thinks that a very alkaline 



solution of HIM-: may dissolve the cholesteriii'-. and tin- 

 compound of cholepyrrhin and lim, which are 

 important constituents of gall-stones, and which may 

 lead to their mechanical destruction and pulverization. 



HoM-i oi-ATHii- Ti;i:.\i.Mi .e materia medica of 



honueupathy contains many medicines which undoubt- 

 edly do act specifically on the secreting functions i the 

 , and which tend to prevent that tendency to the 

 manuf.it -tun- of calculi we are so anxious to avoid. 

 Among these remedi--.-, may be prominently mentioned the 

 Podophyllum IVltatum, Leptundra Yir-iniea, Iris Ver- 

 sicolor, Euonymus Atropurpureus, Apocynum Audi 

 mifolium, Taraxacum, Meicurius Solubilis ; Nux Vomica, 



