128 COLICS AND THEIR TREATMENT 



Ac. Salicylici 5vj 



M.* 



Sig. Give one-half at a dose in a pint of water, re- 

 peat in three-quarters of an hour if necessary. 



Avoid anodynes. 



This' form of colic is frequently followed by impaction 

 due to the exhaustion of the muscular coats of the 

 bowels, resulting from the stretching they have been sub- 

 jected to during the flatulence. Eserine sulphate is 

 doubly valuable in this instance, to eliminate the fer- 

 menting material and to stimulate secretion and peris- 

 talsis and the exhausted muscular coats through their 

 nerves thus warding off impaction. 



Making it an almost invariatle rule to use eserine, or 

 possibly arecoline, in these cases will well repay the 

 practitioner by saving him the worry and danger inci- 

 dental to impaction of the bowels. 



Naphthalin is a useful intestinal antiseptic and anti- 

 ferment in two to three-dram doses. Autointoxication 

 following impaction is an especial indication for naph- 

 thalin. 



Gastro-Intestinal Flatulence 



When one has to deal with this ailment enterocentesis 

 should be resorted to immediately to give breathing room 

 and prevent toxemia from absorption of the gases; then 

 administer the treatment recommended for gastric flatu- 

 lence. Should the intestines again bloat, then give the 

 mixture mentioned under intestinal flatulence. 



*Note: Dissolve the salicylic acid in the tincture of ginger to 

 prevent a too violent chemical reaction between it and the aro- 

 matic spirits of ammonia. 



