24 DB. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



principal inconvenience attending them is the discharge of blood, either ^tty 

 constant, or when a person goes to stool. In some cases very large quantities 

 of blood are lost in this way. Sometimes, instead of blood, a whitish fluid is 

 discharged. 



Causes. — Few persons who have attained middle age are totally free from 

 piles, but in some they are more troublesome, and require more attention than 

 in others. Those who are frequently in a standing posture, who are subject to 

 costiveness, and those who are much in the habit of taking purgative medi- 

 cines, especially of aloes, are very liable to have piles. Pregnant women are 

 very often troubled with piles. Whatever tends to prevent the blood from cir- 

 culating freely through the veins of the intestines will produce piles; hence 

 affections of the liver are a common cause of the complaint, especially in hot 

 countries where that organ is apt to be congested. Remedy, pages 141, 161, 

 185, 186, 187, 188. 



PLEUBISY.— /S^mpforas. —This disease is most frequently introduced by 

 sMverings, which are soon succeeded by high fever, with a peculiarly hard, 

 resisting pulse; sharp, stabbing -^aiu in the side, — generally just below the nipple, 

 but sometimes extending to the shoulder, arm-pit, and back; hurried and inter- 

 rupted breathing; and a short, dry cough 



The paiu is greatly aggravated by motion, coughing, or an attempt to 

 take a long breath. It holds the patient under constant and powerful 

 restraint. We find him lying upon his back, or his well side; his countenance 

 full of anxiety, — fearing to move, cough, or even breathe needles.sly; and often 

 crying out from the keen torture these necessary acts inflict in spite of all his 

 cautioa 



At a more advanced stage, when the tenderness has somewhat abated, he 

 will prefer to lie on the diseased side, as this leaves the healthy lung more at 

 Hberty. Remedy, page 191- 



POISONING ACCIDENTS.— Accidents from poisons are of such 

 common occurrence, that every person should know the proper remedies, and 

 not be obliged to wait the arrival of a physician before the proper corrective is 

 applied. The symptoms are different in different poisons, but as prompt action 

 and not symptoms, are necessary, we give the most common remedies, with the 

 methods of applying them, under the proper heads. Remedy, pages 47, 62, 

 83, 94, 216. 



QUINSY.— IISTLAMMATION OF THE THROAT.— This kind 

 of inflammatory sore throat generally commences with cold chills, and other 

 febrile symptoms. There is fullness, heat, and dryness of the throat, with a 

 hoarse voice, difficulty of swallowing, and shooting pains towards the ear. 

 When examined, tlie throat is found to be of a florid red color, deeper over the 

 tonsils, which are swollen and covered with mucus. As the disease progresses 

 the tonsils become more and more swollen, the swallowing becomes more pain- 

 ful and difficult, until liquids return through the nose, and the viscid saliva is 

 dischai-ged from the mouth. Very commonly the fever increases also, and 

 there is acute pain of the back and limbs. 



Causes. — Exposure to cold, wearing damp clothes, sitting in wet rooms, 

 getting wet feet, coming suddeul} out of a crowded and heated room into tha 



