548 SCOURING. 



submission to a repetition of the medicines 

 here prescribed, prepare the following anq^ 

 dyne glyster, and repeat it once in eight or 

 twelve hours, till success attends the joint 

 admijiistration : 



THE ANODYNE GLYSTER. 



Take linseed two ounces; gum arable one ounc.c. — 

 Boil in two quarts of gruel for some time ; then 

 strain and add of diascordium one ounce and a 

 half; liquid laudanum half an ounce; and cold 

 drawn linseed oil four ounces. Let it be^ thrown 

 into the body with a proper ba^^ and pipe, usin<f 

 gentle pressure. 



So soon as the intestinal acrimony is ob- 

 tunded by these means, and the excrements 

 xesume their original form, let the return of 

 strength be solicited by every ca^'e and atr 

 tention ; give occasionally warm comfortable 

 mashes, as most applicable to the state of 

 appetite, and let no water entirely cold be 

 drank for some days ; introduce your dry 

 ieeds by degrees, and let half a dozen of the 

 cordial balls (p. 209.) be brought into use; 

 giving one every morning or evening to pre- 

 vent flatulence, and act as a warm restorative 

 stimulant to the stomach and intestines. 



