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BHoneset! hs pa Saeed ede eee One ounce. 
CHIRON FS g cep ete a eee teny eof aan or Half ounce. 
COREE cc brea eee ale taeeeed setts Vacea erates One ounce. 
WEGENGEINOED. eo 0.0 cates ener eA he es One ounce. 
POR VIOV A en yicccursetes Hessen od One ounce. 
Infuse in two quarts of boiling water; strain, sweeten, and 
give in wineglassful doses every hour till pain and symptoms 
abate. Dr. Beach, whose experience in treating such cases 
was great, gives as an unfailing remedy the following :— 
Spirits of Spearmint, or the Tincture of 
Green Herb with Holland’s Gin .... One ounce. 
spirits of Sweet Nitte, 2...) wee eed ts One ounce. 
A teaspoonful in sweetened water often while pain lasts. Keep 
the f.et warm with the hot bottle or brick. If the bowels are 
confined, give the compound mandrake powder, or, if the 
pain continues, an injection, with a grain of opium in it, will 
be preferable. 
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB 
Is often the cause of leucorrhcea, but this symptom is 
not always present. There is generally enlargement, with a 
feeling of weight and pain at menstruation, &c. For this 
condition, drink a decoction of marshmallow root. Sit over 
the steam of the bitters, as in painful menstruation ; also inject 
some of the infusion, warm, three times a day. Make pills of 
the following :— 
MACTOUM. cusassiva yelp naw paesiees, Qheoa@eEnIn, 
Pulv. Ipecac...... ty ae ee ne ee Twenty grains. 
Make into a mass with extract of dandelion; divide into 40, 
and take one night and morning. Keep the bowels open, and 
take a course of medicine once a week. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE OVARIES (Ovarirtts). 
The ovaries are two small bodies which are attached to the 
womb by the Fallopian tubes. They lie at the bottom of the 
abdomen. ‘There are few women that know anything about 
them. In their case ignorance is bliss, for it is generally 
