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tomnion do??iestic gli/ster before specified. For 

 sill) liar coiiiplaints, proceeding from indeter- 

 minate causes, tiie gfyster, p. 45, will be un- 

 doubtedly applicable^ 



Should spasms or convulsions prove so 

 violent that, bv a contraction of the mus- 

 cles, the jaws are locked, or fixed, for any 

 considerable length of time (the fit being of 

 long duration)^ recourse must be had to iiu** 

 tritive glysters, that the frame may be sup- 

 ported, notwithstanding its inability to re- 

 ceive aliment by other means. These may 

 be prepared of diiferent kinds, as broths, 

 gruel, milk pottage, calves' feet jelly, thin ; 

 or a decoction of ground rice, mixed with 

 starch. So soon as the fit is sufficiently oflf, 

 to admit the advantage of medicine, give the 

 following BALL, if it can be conveniently 

 administered : 



Take rnjrrli, ammoniacum, and assafoetida, of each 

 three drachms ; 

 Russia casior, and camphor, each a drachm ; 

 Syrup sufficient to make the ball. 



This should be repeated every ten or twelve 

 hours, for two or three days, or till the ab-^ 

 sence of the fit leaves no apprehension of re^ 



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