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haps a quart of raw linseed oil is sometimes bene- 

 ficial. Should it fail, or if the impaction is fully estab- 

 lished, the following is administered: 



T^ — Fluidextracti Nucis Vomicae oj 



Fluidextracti Pilocarpi oij 



Fluidextracti Colchici sem oss-j 



Fluidextracti Physostigmatis Sj 



Aquae q. s. ad Sviij 



M. 



Sig. Give one ounce every one and one-half to 

 two hours, diluted with an ounce or two of water. 



If there is considerable pain, one-half dram doses 

 of fluidextract of belladonna may be added. This 

 drug also stimulates intestinal secretion after a brief 

 diminution; or instead of the repeated one-half-dram 

 doses of belladonna, a single two-dram dose may be 

 given and repeated in three or four hours if necessary. 

 Should there be considerable congestion of the 

 bowels or liver or great pain present, instead of the 

 above prescription, I put the patient on the following: 



IJ — Nucis Vomicae pulv §j 



Acetanilidi pulv ojss-ij 



Sodii phosphatis gxvj 



M. et ft. chart. No. VIII. 

 Sig. One powder in four or five ounces warm 

 water, every two hours. 



This prescription will be found serviceable in pain- 

 ful cases of impaction in place of the preceding one, 

 but the first one is generally to be preferred. 



Now as to the actual purgative. I never use any 

 other than oil. Usually raw linseed oil — one quart 



