TREATMENT OF DISEASES. 2% 



by presenting the mind with a variety of new objects, has often a very happy 

 influence in relieving it from the deepest distress. A soothing, kitd, and 

 affable behavior to women in this situation, is also of importance. 



An obstruction of the menses is often the effect of other maladies. When 

 this is the case, instead of giving medicines to force that discharge, which might 

 be dangerous, we ought, by all means, to endeavor to restore the patient's health 

 and strength. When that is effected the other will return of course. 



1. For Suppressed menstruation, as soon as possible use the tepid foot-bath. 

 At the same time sit over a vessel of warm water, in which has been boiled 

 some bitter herbs, till a profuse perspiration is produced. Then retire to a 

 warm bed and take every hour or two a tea-cupful of warm tea made from thfl 

 root of bervine. If this is not successful, give a little pulverized mandrake 

 root, with ft little cream of tartar, on an empty stomach ; after which penny 

 royal or motherwort tea may be drank freely. 



2. Aromatic spirits of ammonia taken in doses of 20 to 30 drops in sweet- 

 ened water several times a day is almost sure to relieve suppression and is good 

 for painful menstruation. 



3. Mrs. H. Y. Johnson, of Iowa, once told my wife that oil of cotton seed, 

 one dram daily, was unfailing. I have used it in my practice with success 

 and have also used it to spur up labor when it dragged, with good success. 



4. Crushed ice placed to the back in oil cloth or rubber bag— place lo'W 

 down — is also good for suppressed menses. It is also valuable sometimes it 

 restoring faiU)ig womb and cures leucorrhea. 



ICEWSES, TO RESTORE. — Fl. ex. of ergot, and fl. ex. of gossyp 

 ium (cotton root), each i^ oz. ; fl. ex. of black oohoeh, 1 oz. ; simple syrup, 2 

 ozs. Mix. DosK— Take 1 tea-spoonful 4 times daily, for a few days; then il 

 the menses are not restored, stop its use till 4 or 5 days before the regular period 

 for their return, and take it up again, with the help of warm hip baths daily, 

 and daily sitting over the steam of bitter herbs, etc., as the grandmothers knew 

 so well how to do. In the meantime, doing anything needed to tone up the 

 system, by taking tonics; overcoming constipation by laxatives, and in a similar 

 manner endeavoring to overcome any other irregularity, if any exist; and it is 

 thus— or by such means— you will succeed in restoring the general health. 



PBOPTTSE MENSTRUATION.- The menstrual flow may be too 

 great as well as too small. Wlien this happens, the patient becomes weak, the 

 color p>ale, the appetite and digestion are bad, and swelling of the feet, dropsies, 

 and consumption often ensue. This frequently happens to women about the 

 age of forty-five or fifty, and is very difficult to cure. It may proceed from a 

 sedentary life; a full diet, consisting chiefly of salted, high-se«soned, or acrid 

 food; the use of spirituous liquors; excessive fatigue; relaxation; a dissolved 

 state of the blood; violent passions of the mind, &c. 



The treatment of this disease must be varied according to its cause. When 

 it is occasioned by any error in the patient's regimen, an opposite course to that 

 which induced the disorder must be pursued, and such medicines taken as hav*" 



