244' DR. CEASET 8 RECIPES. 



one half. The liquid is to be pressed out and strained, and 2 drs. of laudanum 

 added to it. The dose for a grown person is a wine-glassful every morning, 

 for 3 mornings. A larger dose is required if the disease has begun to show 

 itself; and if the case be fully developed, the whole may be taken in a day. 

 The wound is to be bathed with the same decoction. The medicine, it is said, 

 produces profuse sweating. It is worth a trial. 



Considerable has been said of late of a remedy used in some parts of 

 Europe, and said to be effectual. It is the " golden cenotides " {cetonia aurata), 

 or common rose beetle, found in large quantities on all rose trees. A similar 

 insect is said to infest the geranium plant. When collected, they are dried and 

 powdered; and given in this form, relieve excitement (so it is said) of the brain 

 and nerves, and throw the patient into a sound sleep. 



HEARTBTJHN. — What is commonly called heartburn is not a disease 

 of the heart, but an uneasy sensation of heat or acrimony about the pit of the 

 stomach, accompanied sometimes by a rising in the throat like water. 



Causes. — Debility of the stomach ; the food, instead of being properly 

 digested and turned into chyle, runs into fermentation, producing acetic acid; 

 sometimes the gastric juice itself turns acid, and causes it; at other times, it 

 arises from bilious humors in the stomach. 



Treatacent. — Take 1 tea-spoonful of the spirit of nitrous ether, in a glass 

 of water or a cup of tea; or a large tea-spoonful of magnesia, in a cup of tea, 

 or H glass of mint-water. 



DISEASES OP THE HEART. — The heart, from the important 

 part which it plays in the animal economy, is subject to various, serious and 

 often fatal diseases. Like the other viscera, it is removed from the eye, so that 

 bui little knowledge of its condition can be obtained by inspection; and hence 

 we must have recourse to other means. The ear is the principal means of 

 obtaining a knowledge of the state of the heart, and by auscultation and per- 

 cussion we are enabled to detect the existence of various diseases. The heart 

 gives out two sounds, known as the first and second, which are distinguished 

 from each other. The first sound is longer than the second, and the interval 

 between the first and second sounds is shorter than that between the second 

 and first. They have been compared to the two syllables lupp, dupp. Any 

 manifest alteration in these sounds is indicative of the existence of disease. 

 They may be high or low, clear or dull, muffled, rough, intermittent, etc. 

 Murmurs or regurgitant sounds may arise from disease of the valves. The 

 power of distinguishing between the normal and abnormal sounds of the heart, 

 and of the causes producing the latter, can only be obtained by lengthened 

 experience. Diseases of the heart are usually divided into two classes: first, 

 functional or nervous; and second, structural or organic. Chief among the 

 former are palpitations, syncope or fainting, and angina pectoris. They are 

 chiefly to be met with in persons of a naturally nervous temperament, more 

 especially women suffering from hysteria, or other like complaints, and may 

 be induced by great mental excitement. In such cases great attention should 

 be paid to the general health, and, by means of tonics, sea-bathing, and gentle 

 open-air exercise, the system is to be strengthened. Violent exertion and strong 



