248 STOMACH AND INTESTINES, [BOOK II. 



Attenuating Drench. 

 Nitre, 



r of each half an ounce. 

 1 ellow resin, 



Oil of aniseed, 20 drops. 



The oil should be first well mixed with the resin, 

 and the whole given in a quart of water-gruel. 

 Much stronger preparations of the same materials 

 are commonly given, but the nitre disorders the 

 stomach when given to the amount of an ounce per 

 day ; which being done with a view to aid the 

 secretion of water, the same end may be better 

 attained by adding to the above drench — Camphor 

 1 drachm. Recurrence of the like affection may 

 be prevented in some measure by giving the same 

 prescription in another form, which is in general 

 I'eckoned more convenient — namely, as a cough 

 powder, substituting aniseeds, 1 ounce, for the oil, 

 and pounding the whole together : mix with the 

 corn, at twice. 



DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND IN- 

 TESTINES—INFLAMMATION. 



Whenever one of those organs is affected, with 

 inflammation particularly, the other soon feels the 

 effects of the attack. This arises from the proxi- 

 mity of the two, or the continuity of the digestive 

 faculty, which is mostly carried on in the intestines, 



