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duced up the patient's rectum, the bladder will be 

 found much distended, which is continually in- 

 creasing ; and, if not speedily relieved, becomes 

 paralytic, and is rendered incapable of its usual 

 powers. 



In this disease we must abstain from the use of 

 diuretics, and all fluids, as much as pofsible. 

 Bleeding may be used frequently : large and often 

 repeated clysters of warm water will be found 

 very useful : opium, to the amount of two drams, 

 may be given with advantage. But if the above 

 methods fail, and the disease continues to increase, 

 our last recourse must be to puncture the bladder, 

 by the rectum, with a small lancet, which will give 

 immediate relief. 



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