m STRANGURY. 



drachms. Mix togetlier y/iih syrup of marsli^* 

 mallows, and divide into six balls, giving one every 

 morning. 



The diet should be both nutritive and bal- 

 samic, consisting of warm mashes impreg- 

 nated with honey or malt ; both or either of 

 which will «reatlv contribute to the o;eneral 

 purpose. If symptoms are mitigated, and 

 rehef obtained, by these means, surely far- 

 ther instructions must be unnecessary to re- 

 commend a perseverance till the cure is com- 

 pleted ; to which rest, gentle exercise, and 

 stable care, will prove very useful aids. 

 When an obstruction, or partial suppression 

 of urine, arises from spasm, convulsion, or 

 stricture upon any of the parts necessary in 

 secretion or evacuation, they can only be al- 

 layed or removed by time and opiates, to re- 

 lax the seat of disease, and reduce the irrita- 

 bility. The following 6^// will be applicable 

 to that intention, repeating it at such times 

 as the circumstances of the case may render 

 necessary and unavoidable : 



Take of Castile soap half an ounce ; nitre, rosin, and 

 compound powder of gum tragacanth, each two 



