. Diseases of the rectum and anus: designed for students and practitioners of medicine. make applications or injections of soothing,stimulating, escharotic, or cauterizing remedies. When there is a tendency to constipation and fecal impac-tion, salts, cascara sagrada, compound licorice-powder in smalldoses, Carabaha, Hunyadi, or other reputable mineral watershould be given in sufficient doses to secure regular, semisolidstools. In most cases, however, the patient complains of fre-quent stools, and in order to overcome the diarrhea and tenes-mus it is necessary to prescribe such remedies as tan
. Diseases of the rectum and anus: designed for students and practitioners of medicine. make applications or injections of soothing,stimulating, escharotic, or cauterizing remedies. When there is a tendency to constipation and fecal impac-tion, salts, cascara sagrada, compound licorice-powder in smalldoses, Carabaha, Hunyadi, or other reputable mineral watershould be given in sufficient doses to secure regular, semisolidstools. In most cases, however, the patient complains of fre-quent stools, and in order to overcome the diarrhea and tenes-mus it is necessary to prescribe such remedies as tannic acid,gallic acid, and preparations containing starch, bismuth, mag- 336 DISEASES OF THE RECTUM AND ANUS nesia, and chalk. When pain is distressing, opiates may begiven, but with caution, because of the danger of the patientforming the drug habit. Rest in the recumbent position not only overcomes theirritation induced by exercise, but prevents congestion of therectum which occurs in the upright position and removes theweight of the pelvic organs from the affected parts. In rectal. ig. 102.—Simss Rectal Irrigator and Draining-tube. ulceration rest is as essential as is elevation and support in thetreatment of varicose conditions of the lower extremities. The Diet in these cases should be simple, nourishing, non-irritating, and, as far as practicable, liquid and semisolid. Somepatients do well on an exclusive milk diet. Highly-seasonedfoods, pastries, fried meats and vegetables cooked in grease,
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