446 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
Bruise, and simmer the roots in three pints of waterto a quart ; 
sweeten, and take a wineglassful three or four times a day. 
Dr. Fox’s mixture, which we have found good, 1s as follows: 
White Pond Lily..... i+ ot 0 4-ate' bgt INCOME, 
Comfrey Root .....ies- Mittetiese ses One once 
TANSK s+. Mes n ease: | ae, Mae One ounce. 
Stinking Arach ....... be He at erg ee One ounce. 
Simmer in three pints of water down to a quart, take off the 
fire and stir in half an ounce of grated nutmeg, half a tea- 
spoonful of cayenne, and half a pound of lump sugar. Take a 
wineglassful four times a day. Nourishing diet and open air 
exercise are indispensable. Now, the reason why many 
women suffer so long, and let their health be undermined is 
because they will not persevere. This being a chronic disease 
is often very hard to remove. It will take time, energy, and 
patience combined with good medicine to remove it. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB. 
This organ is like the rest, liable to inflammation. The 
causes are such as give rise to the inflammatory condition of 
the internal organs, injuries to the womb, through bad confine- 
ments, falls, &c. The symptoms are, pain in the region, 
which is greatly increased by pressure, fever, loss of strength, 
thirst, vomiting. The pulse is weak, the bowels confined, and 
the urine high coloured. If after confinement, the local 
discharge is lessened, if not altogether stopped. 
T'REATMENT.—AS perspiration is stopped, commence with 
a course of medicine, given in bed, the hot bricks, &c. 
Foment with the bitter decoction directed for painful 
menstruation; squeeze out the flannels, and lay over the 
bottom of the abdomen as hot as can be borne. Do this for 
an hour three times a day till the pain is subdued. As a 
medicine take— 
