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drinking too much cold water, cooling off suddenly, 

 etc., etc. 



Treatment. — Get the patient in comfortable quar- 

 ters with as little noise as possible. Take tr. bella- 

 donna and ess. sassafras, each i oz., and give ^ tea- 

 spoon in i tea-cup of water in a drench, say every three 

 hours, together with a sufficiency of flax-seed or slip- 

 pery-elm tea; also an injection of soft water and Cas- 

 tile soap — add to 4 quarts say, i tea-spoon of the tr. 

 belladonna, repeat as often as you deem necessary. Be 

 particular to have good care taken, and observe as much 

 quiet as possible. Give what cold water he will drink, 

 with a "sufficiency of green fodder, or mash or gruel. 

 As the patient grows better lessen the dose still one- 

 half, and give every six hours until relief is obtained. 

 The less you irritate the bowels by rash medicines, the 

 less you are liable to inflame. Usually the disease 

 lasts from five to fourteen days, but it differs in length 

 of time according to the severity of the case. Apply 

 a mustard plaster or a liniment to excite and draw to 

 the surface more or less of the inflammation. A severe 

 Mnd protracted case usually proves fatal. 



WORMS. 



Worms of different kinds inhabit the intestines, but, 

 except when they exist in great numbers, they are not 

 so hurtful as is generally supposed. From close ob- 

 servation, the worms are no particular damage unless 

 in excess in the stomach and intestines by not pass- 

 ing off through the intestines and out of the rectum, 

 as nature requires. The long white worm, much re- 

 sembling the common earth-worm, and being from six 

 to ten inches long, inhabits the small intestines. It is 

 a formidable-looking animal, and if there are many of 

 them they may consume more than can be spared of 

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