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instead of turpentine, or the digestive com- 

 monly made use of, for this will produce a 

 considerable degree of iniiamniation in a short, 

 time. 



7. Clj/sters. 



A variety of compositions have been re- 

 commended for clysters by those who have 

 written on the subject, there being scarcely 

 an article in the Materia Medica that has not 

 been occasionally employed in this way. I 

 have found, however, from considerable ex- 

 perience, that for a common clyster water- 

 gruel is as efficacious as the most elaborate 

 composition. When this cannot be readily 

 procured, I have been in the habit of using 

 warm water, and without perceiving any 

 difference in the effect. \Miere a purgative 

 clvster is required, from four to eight ounces 

 of common salt may be added ; and if an 

 anodyne be wanted, or an astringent, let half 

 an ounce of opium be dissolved in a quart of 

 water-gruel. The best method of adminis- 

 tering' clvsters is bv means of a bladder and 

 pewter j)ipc. If a cluster be employed for 

 the j)urpose of emptying^ the large intestines, 



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