A treatise on the stomach and its trials / by J.C. Eno.

  • Eno, J. C.
Date:
[1870?]
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    days may elapse before any effect is produced. But in a few days after this, the bowels will probably act with comfort and ease; be careful to avoid the least purgation; when that occurs, or the least tendency to it, take only one pill night and morning; in the course of ten to sixteen days, or before, one pill in the day may be found sufficient. In twenty-six to thirty days, when the bowels are acting regularly and with ease, take one pill once or twice a week, and finally, one as occasion may require. Should the above fail, then use the following: Compound Extract of Colocyntli, B.P_ ... 48 grains. Sulphate of Iron ... ... ... ... ... 48 grains. Make into 48 pills, and take two, three times a day, immediately after meals. Observe the same rules as with the former pills. It may require a few months before the proper effect is produced. Should the bowels not act well yet, and at the same time mild aperient medicine causes looseness, followed by constipation, then use only a quarter of a grain of Watery Extract of Aloes (instead of one grain), with two of the Iron; in each dose the same directions to be observed as in the former case. We present the above remarks on Chronic Constipation, and must leave the reader to form his own judgment as to the necessity for the use of the formula given in his own case. Some persons cannot drink any quantity of water, and in such cases the above will be very useful, though in bilious¬ ness or sick headache neither of the above pills should be taken, but take instead the Vegetable Pills, as previously recommended. IMPORTANT TO PROPRIETORS OF SCHOOLS AND HEADS OF FAMILIES. A Safe and Certain Cure for Ringworm. In presenting a few fines on Ringworm, we are, in a measure, departing from the original design of this treatise, and we should not have referred to the subject here at all, but that a most melancholy case has occurred recently, of the child of a Member of Parliament being poisoned by the application of a lotion of bichloride of mercury to its head for the cure of this disease; this most powerful poison being recommended by one of our greatest authorities on skin diseases. Our attention being directed to this sad case, we considered it quite pertinent here to place before the reader a perfectly safe and at the same time effective application, and the more because it is evidently not known, for we have inquired and searched medical works almost without number, and no mention is made of it. It is a remedy for ringworm that ought to be universally known; under these circumstances, to families and schools in particular, where the disease often causes great annoyance by spreading from one to another, such a remedy must be of more value than ten times the cost of this treatise. There are few families that have not been attacked by this disease, and those who have not, we would advise to make a note of the following pre¬ scription, in case it should be required, for we have never found it fail. Ointment ; Dilute Citrin Ointment, ^ oz. Creosote, 8 drops. Mix. Lotion : Pure Sulphate of Zinc, 1 drachm. Water to 1 oz. Mix.