68 INDIGESTION. 



closure of the passage from the gall-bladder to the intestines. No especial 

 medication for this condition is demanded unless constipation co-exists, in 

 -which case it will be well to employ atonic, with which a laxative having 

 a direct action on the liver is combined, as in the following. — 

 R Quinias Bisulph. 3ss 



Ferri Sulph. Exsic. 3 ss 

 Acid Arseniosi gr.ss 



Ext. Taraxaci 3 i 



Ft. Pil. No. xxx. Sig. Dose one, two or three times daily before feeding. 

 The diarrhoea which sometimes accompanies indigestion calls for no 

 especial treatment, unless evident pain attends the discharges, in which 

 case a teaspoonful of paregoric given occasionally as demanded, will 

 prove sufficient. 



Recovery from severe cases of indigestion may be slow and tedious, but 

 the result of patience and judicious treatment in the end, well repays the 

 effort and waiting. 



