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Applications, as before directed, to the abdomen are 

 also beneficial ; but frequent use of tbe warm bath should 

 be forbidden, for its action is far too debilitating. The 

 ether, laudanum, and water should be persisted with 

 throughout the treatment, and hope may be indulged so 

 long as the injections are retained < but when these are 

 cast back, or flow out as soon as the pipe is removed, the 

 case may be pronounced a desperate one. 



In the chronic form of diarrhoea there is always greater 

 prospect of success. Ether, laudanum, and water will 

 often master it, without the addition of any other medi- 

 cine ; but the liquor potassae and the chalk preparation 

 are valuable adjuncts. To the anus an ointment will be 

 useful ; and it should not only be smeared well over the 

 part, but, by means of a penholder or the little finger, a 

 small quantity should thrice in the course of the day be 

 introduced up the rectum. For this purpose the follow- 

 ing will be found to answer much better than any of 

 those which Elaine orders to be employed on similar 

 occasions : 



Camphor powdered . . ) 



Mercurial ointment . . > Of each equal parts. 



Elder ointment .... ) 



Cleanliness is of the utmost importance. Thrice daily, 

 or oftener if necessary, the anus and root of the tail 

 should be thoroughly cleansed, with a wash consisting of 

 an ounce of the solution of chloride of zinc to a pint of 

 distilled water The food should be generous ; but fluid 



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