146 DISEASES IN THE KIDNEYS. 



Where a Clyster is necessary. 



pears high col^oured, or bloody, and comes from 

 him in small quantities, attended with difficulty. 

 It will in such case be proper to take one or two 

 quarts of blood from him every day, or every 

 other day, and likewise to give him the purging 

 drink (No. 99r, p. 141.) and thfe clyster (No. 93, 

 p. 141). This will greatly assist the operation of 

 the drink, and likewise act as a fomentation on 

 the diseased parts. It will be proper to repeat 

 the clyster twice a day in cases that are despe- 

 rate. And as soon as the body has been suffi- 

 ciently opened, let him have the following ball. 



(RECIPE, No. 95.) 

 Compound Fever Ball. 



Take — White antimonial powder, prepared kali, and 



Castile soap, of each two drachms; 

 Opium, half a drachm ; 

 Balsam of capivi, half an ounce ; 

 Liquorice powder, sufficient to make them 



into a ball. One to be given every night 



and morn in sr. 



