346 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
treatment, and although not able to attend the funeral or the 
other, yet he saw the mournful procession from the window of 
his house. The causes of enteritis are exposure of the 
abdomen to colds, stricture of the bowels, violent blows, eating 
unripe fruit, wounds, chronic constipation, and irritating, 
purging agents. Treatment: Put a hot bnick, rolled in a 
vinegar cloth, to the feet, rub over the abdomen with a mixture 
of turpentine and oil equal parts, then apply a hot poultice of 
linseed meal or slippery elm, or both combined (or hot 
herbal poultice as recommended in diphtheria, page 307), 
mixed with an infusion of poppy leaves or capsules. Do not 
give any opening medicine until the inflammation has susided, 
which will be in from twe to four days, when they will usually 
relax themselves. To relieve the intense pain and fever 
symptomsthe professor abovementioned recommendstwo drops 
of tincture of aconite with the 18th of a grain of morphiain half 
a wineglass infusion of peach-tree bark every hour, till pain 
and vomiting are subdued. As morphia and aconite are 
dangerous drugs, the utmost care must be taken in their 
administration. The mixture should be prepared thus :—Get 
the peach bark, infuse one ounce in a pint of boiling water, 
when cool, strain, and add a teaspoonful of the following to 
every tablespoonful dose of the infusion of the peach :— 
manetare of Acontes sg. a4 vena ea WOE aitachm: 
Muriate of Morphia........esseee08 Lhree grains. 
ile 5 (pe SHR Cen el) pavnaeeete Out euie ees 
Mix. Dose, a teaspoonful every one, two, or four hours in the 
infusion. When the inflammatory symptoms are gone, use 
the digestive food, brown bread, milk. and other light food. 
(See convalescent foods and drinks, index.) 
PERITONITIS. 
This inflammation differs little from the former; it is 
sometimes present with it. The peritoneum is the inner lining 
of the abdomen; also the covering of nearly all the internal 
organs. It is a very delicate membrane, and is subject to 
intense inflammation. The symptoms are very similar; treat 
