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of the above, that is, after twelve hours, if the 

 purging remains undiminished, add to it a quarter 

 of a drachm of opium and a quarter of a drachm 

 of alum ; and give the same, also, by clyster, in- 

 creasing the quantity of arrowroot in the clyster 

 to a quart. There will be no danger of fatal in- 

 flammation, and very little of the bowels being 

 injured, if this treatment is fairly adopted ; but if 

 you allow the over-purging to go on for twelve 

 or eighteen hours, and then suddenly stop it with 

 over-doses of opium or catechu, you will, most 

 probably, as suddenly stop his breath at the same 

 time. Should the purging, after another twelve 

 hours, still continue unabated, the distress appear 

 great, and the legs and ears cold, he will be in 

 much danger : blister the belly, take away three 

 quarts of blood, and give the medicine, both by 

 mouth and clyster, every three hours. 



Blister for the belli/. — Half a pound of flour of 

 mustard, one ounce of spirits of turpentine, two 

 drachms of finely-powdered Spanish flies, and 

 half a pint of linseed-oil; to be made into a 

 paste, and spread on dungaree a foot square, with 

 a jhool underneath it; or else spread on the 

 inside of a sheepskin, and kept close to the 

 belly for two or three hours, by bandages tied 

 over the back. 



