134 DISEASES CLASS I 3. 1. 5, 



of enfeebled drunkards. Or lastly, by having been previously 

 too violently stimulated by an emetic drug, as by ipecacuanha. 

 M. M. A blister. An emetic. Opium. Warmth of a bed, 

 covering the face for a while with the bed-clothes. Crude mer- 

 cury. A poultice with opium or theriaca externally. 



5. Cholera. When not only the stomach, as in the last arti- 

 cle, but also the duodenum, and ileum, as low as the valve of the 

 colon, have their motions inverted; and great quantities of bile 

 are thus poured into the stomach; while at the same time some 

 branches of the lacteals become retrograde, and disgorge their 

 contents into the upper part of the alimentary canal; and other 

 branches of them disgorge their contents into the lower parts of 

 it beneath the valve of the colon: a vomiting and purging com- 

 mence together, which is called cholera, as it is supposed to have 

 its origin from increased secretion of bile; but I suppose more 

 frequently arises from putrid food, or poisonous drugs, as in the 

 case narrated in Sect. XXV. 13. where other circumstances of 

 this disease are explained. See Class II. 1.2. 11. 



The cramps of the legs, which are liable to attend cholera, 

 are explained in Class III. 1.1. 15. 



6. Ileus. Consists in the inverted motions of the whole intes- 

 tinal canal, from the mouth to the anus; and of the lacteals and 

 absorbents which arise from it. In this pitiable disease, through 

 the valve of the colon, through the pylorus, the cardia, and the 

 pharynx, are ejected, first, the contents of the stomach and in- 

 testines, with the excrement, and even clysters themselves; then 

 the fluid from the lacteals, which is now poured into the intes- 

 tines by their retrograde motions, is thrown up by the mouth; 

 and, lastly, every fluid, which is absorbed by the other lymphatic 

 branches, from the cellular membrane, the skin, the bladder, and 

 all other cavities of the body; and which is then poured into 

 the stomach or intestines by the retrograde motions of the lac- 

 teals; all which supply that amazing quantity of fluid, which is 

 in this disease continually ejected by vomiting. See Sect. XXV. 

 15. for a further explanation of this disease. 



M. M. Copious venesection. Twenty grains of calomel in 

 small pills, or one grain of aloe every hour till stools are procur- 

 ed. Blisters. Warm -bath. Crude mercury. Clyster of ice- 

 water. Smear the skin all over with grease, as mentioned in 

 Sect. XXV. 15. 



As this malady is occasioned sometimes by an introsusception 

 of a part of the intestine into another part of it, especially in 

 children, could holding them up by their heels for a second or 

 t\vo'of time be of service after ve-nesection? Or the exhibition 

 of crude quicksilver two ounces every half hour, till a pound is 



