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the mixing and the application of the Mustard to cases of this 

 nature, the reader is referred to pages 158 to 160. 



FoMENTATioifs. — Fomenting the limbs with Hot "Water, 

 will, in numerous cases, prove of signal benefit, especially in 

 the more severe forms of Bronchitis. The operation should 

 be daily performed until the recovery of the patient is fairly 

 established. For instructions as to the process, see page 156. 



I]S'JECTiONS. — Injections are occasionally necessary when 

 the bowels are constipated. Many practitioners advocate the 

 use of Aloes, given in small doses, in these cases. The practice 

 is not a safe one, especially if the malady be of the epidemic 

 form. 



Diet. — The diet of the patient should be regulated according 

 to the special and general directions laid down in Section VI., 

 page 108, to which the reader is referred. 



Aetee-Teeatmekt. — Bj after treatment, I mean the proper 

 treatment to pursue when the acute form of the disease may 

 be considered as past, and recovery to have commenced. This 

 in numerous cases will prove a matter involving not only great 

 care, but considerable judgment also, as the state of the patient 

 at this time is not un frequently critical. 



The state in question is usually marked by the appetite 

 being bad ; the system feeble, and the cough severe ; accom- 

 panied by swelling of the limbs, and dropsical effusions vrithin 

 the structures of the sheath and the waUs of the abdomen. 



Apart from proper hygienic treatment, the best remedies in 

 general, for cases of the above character, are — Arsenicum 3, 

 Belladonna, Tincture of the Muriate of Iron, Capsicum 1, and 

 Sulphur. 



AESEisfiCTiM 3. — Give Arsenicum 3, in 2-drachm doses, morn- 

 ing, noon, and night, in 2 ounces of water each time. If the 



