HOME REMEDIES FOR COMMON DISEASES 739 



affection is much more frequent in persons who are 

 addicted to alcoholic stimulants than in others. 



Treatment.— When a person falls with sunstroke, 

 he should at once be carried to a cool, shady place. 

 His clothing should be removed, and cold applications 

 should be made to his head and over the whole body. 

 Pieces of ice may be packed around the head, or cold 

 water may be poured upon the body from a waterpot. 

 The shower pack is by far the best remedy known for 

 this affection. The great source of danger is the high 

 temperature, which sometimes rises to 110° F. In 

 addition to the measures suggested, the ice pack to 

 the spine and the cold enema may also be employed. 

 In case the face is pale, hot applications instead of 

 cold should be made to the head and over the heart, 

 and the body should be rubbed vigorously. 



COLIC-ENTERALGIA 



8 i/mptoms.— Griping pain in the bowels, especially 

 about the navel; pain, spasmodic in character, gen- 

 erally relieved by pressure; no tenderness of the bow- 

 els ; frequent vomiting ; bowels usually constipated, and 

 frequently flatulent; no fever; pulse generally slower 

 than usual; skin cold. 



The term colic is properly applied to a spasmodic 

 muscular contraction of the walls of the intestines, but 

 on account of the difficulty of distinguishing the two 

 conditions, it is often also applied to a neuralgic affec- 

 tion of the intestines known as enteralgia. The dis- 

 ease is usually caused by indiscretions in eating, as 

 of unripe fruit, stale or decaying vegetables or other 

 food, certain kinds of fish, or by taking cold, etc. The 



