Annual and analytical cyclopaedia of practical medicine . ction with opium, for nomovement will occur before the thirdday. In case it does not, a Scdlitz pow-der or a dose of salts should be admin-istered. If there is reason to believe thefaeces are hard, an injection of soap-sudsshould be given to soften them. Patients should be urged to remain inbed until the ulcerations have almost orentirely healed. Then, when they begintaking active exercise, the danger of theulcerations becominff chronic will beslight. The ulcerated surfaces should becleansed daily, and. if there is the leasttendency to
Annual and analytical cyclopaedia of practical medicine . ction with opium, for nomovement will occur before the thirdday. In case it does not, a Scdlitz pow-der or a dose of salts should be admin-istered. If there is reason to believe thefaeces are hard, an injection of soap-sudsshould be given to soften them. Patients should be urged to remain inbed until the ulcerations have almost orentirely healed. Then, when they begintaking active exercise, the danger of theulcerations becominff chronic will beslight. The ulcerated surfaces should becleansed daily, and. if there is the leasttendency to become chronic, an applica- tion of calomel or silver nitrate (15 grainsto the ounce) will stimulate them. In case of retention of urine, hotstupes or jsoultices should be appliedover the pelvis. This will frequently en-able them to void urine independent ofthe catheter. If a catheter is used, asoft-rubber one is preferable, but shouldbe cleansed in boiled, filtered water be-fore and after each introduction. Tliediet after an operation should be limited. Fig. 5.—Gaiits pile- and polypus- letters show the diflerent clamps andtheir clamping power. A, Ganfs; B, Kel-seys; C, Smiths; D, Langenbocks. to liquids and semisolids for the first fouror five days; but patients should havenourishing soups, beef-tea, and soft-boiled eggs. Prognosis.—In cases where bleeding,inflamniation, and strangulation havebeen relieved by palliative measures, pa-tients should be warned that they willproljably have another attack. On the 4U HAEMORRHOIDS. POST-OPERATRE HAEMORRHAGE. Other hand, when all piles, dilated veins,and redundant tissue have been removedby the clamp-and-cauter}- or ligatureoperation, it is safe to tell them that theywill not have a relapse. Post-operative Haemorrhage. — Occa-sionally after the best operations forpiles the dressings will be saturated withblood. This, as a rule, need not cause
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