DISEASES OF WOMEN, 455 
INFLAMMATION OR GATHERING OF THE BREAST 
Is a painful condition that calls for relief. If taken in time it 
can be aborted by the following means: Put an ounce of 
strong liquid ammonia in a pint of hot water, as hot as can be 
applied to the skin. Bathe the breast for 15 minutes, put a 
wet cloth over it, bathe again in an hour or two if the first 
does not seem to be enough. It will be well to do it three 
times to make sure. If this has not the desired effect put on 
the breast liniment (page 214); if it gathers in spite of all, 
poultice with slippery elm (see page 4); take the blood 
mixture (page 312), with the compound mandrake to keep the 
bowels free. 
CESSATION OF THE MENSES—CHANGE OF LIFE. 
in a state of health the menses usually stop with as little 
disturbance as they begun; but this is not always the case, as 
many suffer much at this time of life. The suffering, however, 
is of a symptomatic kind: headache, backache, weakness, 
flushings, painful menstruation, &c. These may all be treated 
and cured under their several heads. Dr. Fox gives a general 
cure which we have given to many with benefit. It is :— 
POTVIGG: ate 4 5 + wa as weir bane a One ounce. 
ROP REY BAPAC ss etarucaesg son eceedea sie Quarter ounce. 
EDECAC. nes st se Nay Uy pte MAL Quarter ounce. 
FAIS DRCOG As, Aina sen tk tne Bie ed Quarter ounce. 
Put in a jug and pour three gills of boiling water upon them; 
stir, let stand, cover, and take a tablespoonful three or four 
times a day, enough to keep the bowels free. As in most 
cases we would recommend the course of medicine when the 
system ig not too much run down. 
