MEDICINE. 



35 



In iu simple form Disnhoa is not difficult of cure, 

 erhap*, in a great majority of case., would be re- 

 by Use mere effort* of nature, as it is a eom- 

 pmmt for which a direct remedy is provided in die 

 of tbe bving body, so m to aiurd one of 

 in favour of die doctrine, 

 lly adopted, dial all disease* 

 jrstem, expressly intended to 

 off some greater danger, which they effect with. 

 out die iinai mitisn of art. fh moat ernes, however, 

 the aid of miidirine may be advantageouily hsd re- 



> to. either to mitigate the violmee of the 



OT tO DfVTCnt It (TOO! ClmpCOmVmmomW lowtO 



ofainoremjsjriotoncy. Tbeobvi 

 am first to rsmors the exciting caoae, if it still remains 

 applied ; and, 2dly, to obviate dmt state of die system 

 which ift ipifiM^*ti by tJb*t uofttcdittoi AKIMB of tbt con* 



to bean 



tl:r .' t. M . ,-.. 



Thr proximale cause of Oiarrhom 

 crease of the peristaltic motion 



_a * _ % . 



and sometimes it has appeared tliat the warm bath, or Practice. 

 even the removal to a milder climate, has been of per- '*~^y ""' 

 manem utility. 



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Cholera consist* in the vomiting and purging of bill- Chotar*. 

 ous matter, attended with painful griping, and with 

 cramps of the legs. It is sometimes difficult to draw 

 die line between thi* disease and Diarrhcea, although, 

 when k exists in an acute slate, it is easily distinguish, 

 ed by the nature of die evacuations. It seldom occur* 

 in dtis country except in d>e autumnal month*, and it 

 is then fuund to be die most prevalent in die hottest 

 seasons ; but it U generally observed to come on radier 

 after the period of die greatest beat dun during it 



ptoms of die rliifasf seem to mark 



The 



part, lenrisiiog it 

 stimnli. When the 



upon so" mrt.i.d .msihilrTy in the 



,.,.-,,. v.,r,.t.,i kg * : mm] 

 dis*t* depends upon the jfasi of 



. .,f,.l .1. c.^-- ..! i .- ,:--. (.- 



of diasethsi 



i It DtBCVmmfmTy tO 



i to this object. Per this pur- 

 i we shall end the most i mutual insiitiis to be 



doom, and freaomtly 

 mattrt is discharged 

 on and distress to the 

 f loft to act opoo the part withe* assut- 

 ance. Along with am uiMtime large ussmutim of 

 mildduoenu 



I be of the ieaat I" ill H , kind, ami be 



it m ariaing from seme peculiar condition of die bile, 

 and the tome of its invasion favours die idea, tliat ex- 



the beat of the weather pro- 

 the state of the bile, or indeed 

 hich it expe- 

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purgatives, given m small 



ted, by which the pleadin 



ifflHaitlr, and with leas 



an important influence in it- 

 bat we are scarcely able to explain die na- 

 tsjre of the connexion between these circumstances, or 

 to shew in what i 



what is the exact nature of the change which it < 

 riences. Cholera is a vi " 

 very rapid in its progress ; reducing d>e patient in die 

 space of a few hour* to a gnat degree of debility, and. 



1 1 *. i . ] i i amaaai <- n < I i'.nn u<- 



mdmmli tesj 



It. cure is to be sffectsd by completely evscustinx Trtiimtst. 

 of the irritating matter which ap- 

 mse of the i 



and this 



pomd SB much m aiiiillt of mmids. The choice of 



th.- J,-,r K at.r : i .Ir|ll.l ..I.., lie -t. T ..! tU ..~ 



o* m psan to oe fne exoting caoae ot tne disease, and tnis 



food i. Morally scmmptuhed merely by dw exhibition of 



cam- mild ibloents, which may be taken m copiously m the 



ice of st pouch will receive them. When the acrid bile ha* 



been eotioiie removed, we then endeavour to allay die 

 irritation by opiate i, and afterwards to recruit the ex- 



rbea) we have reman to smv 



of purgative*, we shall generally and the 

 to samede without am ose of any ether re- 



the diet, the 



! owl. by a proper 



rail the 



, and tbe digestive proetss re- 

 while die patient ia, at de some 



time. h.irr "-c<l w:th k'^'I'itip j>jir. .\:.-\ '. \: .u; i^ t n- 



goms and tames, tnged>er with irVt occmmnal v* of 

 osWiicssmi uyiilii The laiyl. jinem of i 



be applied to tbe abdomen, and 

 in w*rm water will be found highly grateful to die 

 foetma;* of dte patient, when it can be coramotliously 

 ippliiit. After tbe violence ot die disease ha* subsided, 

 the parisnt u left in a state of great weakness and 

 laogniif : but by the proper regulation of dw diet, and 

 by avoiding all nnomomry caasrt of excitement, die 

 strength is generally restored widi more rapidity Umi 

 mia^ hive been imagined from the degree of exhaus- 



tion. BNters and tonic* of vatmus kinds are generally 

 admwMstorod for the purpose- of strergtbening die di- 

 gmive powers, and ot' thse Colombo U die one which 

 i* found to be the i 





aprct to this clam of 

 few deam, no omwd 



; and it is found, both wrth re- 

 tothis dam of imuedim and to opium, dmt if 

 by die exhibition of a 



. t., j .- 



of Dover'* peodei, u a verv 



i " 



advantage has bom gained by the use of warm cmtfc. 



mv, mm paettejmwiy of mmnej wom next to tne skin, m 



irrrr irhn srs 



. HI. LMuuu. State. 



We Itarr placed calculoui compUint* as forming a 

 gmu* under die order of die Aporenotes, because they 

 dcprnd upon die formation of certain *ub*tance*in the 

 urinary organ*, which orirfinme, in tbe firt instance, 

 frwm an irregularity in die action of the tecretory ves. 

 sel* of the part. Toe di*ea* u cltsrscterized by unes- 

 inr in die region of dte kulnry , the bladder, or lome 

 of die psisagti connected with them; by a difficulty 

 mil paia ia passing die urine ; frequently by a depo. 



