332 COLIC. 



rides 1, Capsicum 1, Hot Water, Aloes, Chloroform, and 

 Colocynthis. 



Aconite -e- and 1. — This remedy, in my opinion, will aid 

 in the cure of at least sixteen cases of genuine Colic out of 

 every twenty.* 



Its use is indicated when the pain is not accompanied with 

 symptoms of Tympany, aiid where the skin is more or less 

 covered with perspiration. 



Great care is necessary in diluting it freely with water, and 

 in not giving it in over-doses ; otherwise it will produce frothing 

 of the mouth of the patient, and momentary acts of swallowing, 

 and other symptoms of a painful character. 



Use the remedy of the 1st dilution in 2-drachm doses, 

 mised with 8 ounces of cold water. If the strong tiacture be 

 used instead, 10 drops of it will be sufficient for a dose, mixed 

 in a like quautity of water. The dose, if necessary, should be 

 repeated in twenty or thirty minutes after its administration in 

 the first instance. 



Niwc Vomica -e- and 1. — Nux Vomica is indicated when 

 flatulence is present ; when rumbling sounds within the abdo- 

 men are heard ; when the pain is of a slow, strong, girding 

 character ; and also when the disease may be fairly attributed 

 to a change of diet. Use it in doses of 2 or 3 drachms of the 

 1st dilution, or in doses of 10 or 20 drops of the -0- tincture, 

 mixed with 6 or 8 ounces of water. This remedy may either 

 be used alone, or in alternation with Aconite. 



Veratrum 1. — This remedy wiU prove valuable on nume- 

 rous occasions when Aconite or Nux Vomica may have failed 

 to benefit the patient. Its use is indicated when the case is 

 tedious ; when the skin, especially that of the head, is covered 



* The TinctTire of Aconite, which ia made from the root of the plant, ia 

 the moat certain in ita effeota. ' 



