Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . and the administration of such a laxative as castor-oil willoften, by removing the source of themischief, arrest the attack. In the severer forms of the disease,those, namely, occurring in warmclimates, the remedy most to be re-lied on is ipecacuanha. It is admin-istered in full doses of from twenty-five to thirty grains of the powder,which are repeated in from six toten hours, gradually lessening thequantity; the effect observable is adiminution in the pain and i
Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . and the administration of such a laxative as castor-oil willoften, by removing the source of themischief, arrest the attack. In the severer forms of the disease,those, namely, occurring in warmclimates, the remedy most to be re-lied on is ipecacuanha. It is admin-istered in full doses of from twenty-five to thirty grains of the powder,which are repeated in from six toten hours, gradually lessening thequantity; the effect observable is adiminution in the pain and in thefrequency and offensive character ofthe stools, along with the accessionof profuse perspiration and quietsleep. Another form of treatmentwhich has been used with successconsists in the administration ofsmall doses of Epsom salts very fre-quently repeated, and continued fora day or more. Hot fomentationsapplied to the abdomen over theshaded area as indicated in the accompanying figure are of use inrelie\dng the tenesmus. Ice may be freely taken to allay diet should be light, consisting of soups and farinaceous. DYSENTERY 957 food. In malarial dysentery quinine is the most successfulremedy, ipecacuanha being generally found to be unsuitable;while in scorbutic dysentery the treatment must bear referenceto the depraved condition of the general health characteristic ofscurvy. In chronic dysentery, the administration of astringents maybe of service; but the chief points to which attention should begiven are the proper nourishing of the patient, and the ob-servance of judicious hygienic measures, such as the dueclothing of the body, the use of tonics, baths, etc. A methodof treatment which has often resulted in cure consists in theadministration every day or two of purgative doses of castor-oilcombined with opium in order to relieve pain. Another pro-cedure which is almost always attended with benefit is the dailywashing out of the lower bowel with warm salt water or s
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