18 DR. CEASE'S RECIPES. 



times also extending to the right shoulder. The pain Is generally sharp, but It 

 may be dull and aching; it comes on in paroxysms, is relieved by pressure, and 

 is unaccompanied by fever. There is often vomiting of sour mattei , and if 

 the flow of bile is completely obstructed by the stone, jaundice comes on, and 

 the urine becomes very highly-colored. The best way to relieve these symptoms, 

 which often appear very suddenlj', is to apply hot bran poultices assiduously, 

 and to give a pill containing a grain of opium and J^ of a grain of tartar emetic, 

 every 3 hours until relief is obtained. If there is much i etching or vomiting; 

 the tartar emetic may be omitted. Remedy, page 191. 



GANGRENE (Mortification.)— Gangrene is the first stage of morti- 

 fication, so-called from its eating away the flesh. Gangrene may be considered 

 as a partial death — the death of one part of the body while the other parts are 

 alive. 



Causes. — The causes are excessive inflammation, sometimes from hurts or 

 injuries. 



Symptoms. — All pain and sensation ceases in the part; and, if extensive, it 

 turns from red to purple, livid, or black, with a quick low pulse and clammy 

 sweats. If internal, there is a cessation of pain, but the body sinks and 

 changes to a livid color, and often hiccoughs and other distressing symptoms 

 attend The face is pinched with cold, and the tongue brown. Remedy, 

 page 234. 



GOITBE, OR BIG NECK.-5?/7n7>?oms. -A prominent, soft, elastic tum- 

 or, occupying the front of the throat, in tlie situation of the thyroid gland, and 

 like it in shape. It is not tender, and the skin is not discolored. In old cases, 

 the tumor becomes hard. In some instances the tumor is so large as to push the 

 gullet to one side. Remedy, pages 44, 45. 



GONORRHCEA.— See Gleet. 



CcOW.— Symptoms.— The symptoms considered as characterizing gout 

 are the following: The patient has a peculiar uneasiness about the stomach; 

 there is a degree of fever; pain and inflammation attack the joints of the hands 

 arjd feet, and principally the ball of the great toe; the feverish symptoms abate 

 after some days; and at distant and uncertain intervals, the same series of symp)- 

 toms again occur. The paroxysms of gout generally come on in spring, when the 

 vernal heat succeeds to the winter's cold; and according as this takes place 

 sooner or later, and according as the patient is exposed to the changes of 

 temp(!rature, so the period of attack will vary. The patient is affected with a 

 <!('Lrree of languor or heaviness, the functions of the stomach arc disturbed; 

 there is loss of appetite, flatulence or indigestion; the bowels are costive, the 

 tongue loaded, and the urine high-colored and turbid. Remedy, page 136. 



GLEET, GONORRHCEA.— -%r»jo«oms.— A continued running or dis- 

 ( linrge, after the inflammatory symptoms of a clap have ceased. The discharge 

 H commonly thin and clear, and is not accompanied with pain or scalding in 

 making water. It proceeds from relaxation or debility of the parts, and is best 

 cured by some astringent or stimulant application to them; and at the same 



