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This clyster will operate more briskly than the for- 

 mer, and on that account may be preferred when an 

 immediate or speedy discharge is necessary. 



Anodyne Clyster. 



Take of the jelly of common starch, or of an m- 

 fusion of linseed, one pint. 



Tincture of opium, one ounce, or about two table- 

 spoonsful. 



When there is reason to apprehend inflammation 

 of the bowels, solid opium may be given instead 

 of tincture, from twenty to thirty grains, in proportion 

 to the urgency of the symptoms. It ought, however, 

 to be well rubbed in a mortar, with a Uttle of the 

 liquid, until it is thoroughly dissolved. The small- 

 iiess of the quantity of the liquid here recommended 

 gives the better chance of being the longer retained, as 

 the good effects derived from the opium depend en- 

 tirely on this circumstance. 



This clyster is proper to be given in violent gripings, 

 attended with purging, in order to blunt the sharpness 

 of the corroding humour, and to allay the pain usual 

 in such cases. 



The starch will also in some measure supply the 

 deficiency of the natural mucus, or covering of the in- 

 testines, which has been carried off by violent purging. 

 It may be repeated if the symptoms continue vio- 

 lent, only diminishing the quantity of laudanum, or 

 of the opium. 



