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INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. 



SYMPTOMS. Sharp pain in the bowels, especially near 

 th<j navel ; belly exceedingly sore, tight and drumlike ; 

 frequently there is vomiting of a dark, bilious matter; 

 the urine high-colored ; pulse small and quick ; low spir- 

 its ; belching up wind, etc., etc. 



TREATMENT. Bleed freely ; bathe the feet and belly 

 in weak warm ley of ashes ; give a table-spoonful of 

 sweet oil every two hours. Should the bowels not move 

 freely, give an injection of equal parts of new milk and 

 mucilage of slippery-elm, adding thereto a gill or two of. 

 molasses and sweet oil, and thirty drops of laudanum. 



When the disease abates, give a clyster of fifty drops of 

 laudanum in flaxseed or slippery-elm tea, morning and 

 night. Keep the patient cool and quiet, on a low diet. 



PLEURISY. 



SYMPTOMS. For a few hours preceding the attack, 

 usual symptoms of simple fever are felt, such as chilli- 

 ness, uneasiness, flushes of heat, thirst, and the like. A 

 smart, sharp pain, like pricking, is felt in the side, par- 

 ticularly when drawing in the breath. There is a diffi- 

 culty in lying on the sore side. Sometimes there is a bad 

 cough, and tough phlegm raised. The pulse is very 

 strong and wiry. 



TREATMENT. Bleed freely. Apply a blister to the af- 

 fected side. Bathe the feet in hot water mixed with ashes. 

 Next, give a large dose of salts. If the bowels are con- 

 fined at any time during the disease, give a clyster of 

 starch in warm water ; or slippery-elm tea, or any com- 

 mon clyster. It is all important to have the patient sweat. 

 If this is not brought about by the above course, give a tea- 

 spoonful of sweet spirits of nitre and antimonial wine every 

 two hours. 



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