268 JAUNDICE. 



when it may most probably be totally re- 

 moved by the following interposition of 

 MILD DEOBSTRUENTs, v/ithout recurring to 

 a course of purgatives, which may not at all 

 times be perfectly convenient. If, on the 

 contrarv, the disorder should have been ob- 

 served some time, a course qfplysic must pre- 

 cede other intentions of cure, as will be 

 hereafter explained. If discovered in its 

 earliest state, let two or three mashes of 

 scalded malt be given at proper periods, to 

 relax the indurated contents of the intes- 

 tines ; these being assisted, if necessary, with 

 an emollient, or the domestic laxative ghjster, 

 as mentioned in page 239- The body being 

 sufficiently relaxecf to remove every proba- 

 bility of obstruction, let the following plan 

 be adopted and regularly persevered in : 



Take Castile soap eight ounces ; 

 Turmeric (in powder) six ounces ; 

 Soluble tartar three ounces ; 

 India rhubarb two ounces ; 

 Long pepper (in powder) one ounce ; 

 Saffron half an ounce ; 

 Syrup or honey sntficient \o make the mass ; 

 Which divide info, ten balls, and give one every 

 nijorning. 



During this course;, every requisite atten- 



