264 TREATMENT OF MOLTEN GREASE, [BOOK II. 



as little more than denoting the crisis of the dis- 

 order. 



Let the system be reduced according as the state 

 of the pulse may dictate — for which consult again 

 page 171, as to bleeding, and page 197, as to treat- 

 ing him for " costiveness" simply. If heat and irri- 

 tation be perceivable to the touch and sight about 

 the anus, without high pulse, the first symptom 

 may be reduced by administering 



The sedative Clyster. 



Camphor, 4 drachms, 

 Spirits of wine, 3 or 4 drops, 

 to promote solution, and add 

 Sweet oil, 2 ounces. 

 Mix well, and then add thin warm water-gruel, 

 2 or 3 quarts. 



As before intimated, molten grease is rather an 

 effect than a cause of disease, and partakes of colic 

 in one of its forms and of inflammation in the other ; 

 the symptoms that enable us to distinguish when 

 the one or the other prevails being precisely those 

 set down at page 253. Allowing somewhat for the 

 feverish symptoms that always prevail with such fat 

 and bloated animals as are subject to this disorder, 

 the practitioner cannot commit himself to the guid- 

 ance of a better test than that just referred to, nor 

 more safely adopt a treatment that is more likely to 

 reinstate his patient in health, for very little danger 

 attends molten grease, in either form. For the treat- 

 ment which is proper in cases of spasmodic colic 



