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From Dr. Chase's third, last and complete receipt book and household physician (1889).

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From Dr. Chase's third, last and complete receipt book and household physician (1889), printed page 231, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/63560800R.nlm.nih.gov

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Ingredients

Method

  1. The treatment in this form of colic should be very similar to the bilious form.
  2. The first thing to be done, is to overcome the constipation of the bowels.
  3. If there is vomiting, give medicines to allay it.
  4. Then make use of strong purgatives, with hot fomentations to the bowels.
  5. Narcotics and relaxants are also indicated to relieve the pain, and overcome the spasms.
  6. As a narcotic and anodyne use the ex.
  7. of hyosciamus;
  8. take 20 grs., and form into 6 pills;
  9. give 1 every 2 hours.
  10. At the same time give the Anti-bilious Physic, and aid the operation with purgative, stimulating and relaxing injections.
  11. A portion of the physic, with a little salt, a tea-spoonful of tincture or powder of lobelia and hot water may be used as an injection, to be repeated according to the urgency of the case.
  12. Sometimes it will be well to add a little cayenne to it.
  13. Apply hot fomentations to the bowels, and if the physic does not operate in 2 or 3 hours, give the croton oil, 2 or 3 drops at a time, in a spoonful of castor oil, or a little milk, and repeat every 2 hours.
  14. Also rub a little of the croton oil on the abdomen, over the bowels.
  15. In other respects, treat the same as a severe case of bilious colic.
  16. It is sometimes well to put the patient into a warm bath, for half an hour, or even longer, in order to relax the muscular systein, and overcome the spasm of the intestines.
  17. After you have got an operation on the bowels you may give the following pills: Ex.
  18. of hyosciamus, 40 grs.;
  19. ipecac, 20 grs.
  20. ;
  21. pulverized opium, 10 grs.
  22. ;
  23. podophyllin, 10 grs.
  24. ;
  25. make into 20 pills, and give 1 every 3 or 4 hours.
  26. Also Cholagogue as a tonic and alterative.