m water or catnip tea, repeated a few times, will be
sufficient. If it result from overloading the stomach, a dose of the
Pleasant Pellets will answer the purpose. If the pain in the abdomen is
severe, apply hot fomentations. Assist the action of physic, by giving
an injection of senna and catnip tea, or if the stomach is very sour,
take internally some mild alkali, such as common saleratus.

In _painters'_ colic, the following cathartic mixture is an effectual
remedy: sulphate of magnesia (epsom salts), twelve ounces; nitrate of
potassa (saltpeter), half an ounce; sulphuric acid, one drachm; boiling
water, one quart. Of this remedy give a teaspoonful every thirty minutes
or every hour, until the bowels move. An injection of some diaphoretic
tea, or of alum water, is a good remedy. Castor oil and molasses,
containing a teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine, will add to the
efficiency of an injection. If the colic be not promptly relieved, a
physician should be employed. To eliminate the lead from the system, and
thus prevent a return of the colic, or other injurious effects, two
drachms of iodide of potassium should be added to a bottle of the Golden
Medical Discovery, and a teaspoonful of this taken four times a day.

JAUNDICE. (ICTERUS.)

This affection is generally regarded as a symptom of disordered liver,
since it frequently occurs during the progress of diseases of that
organ. When the disease imparts a greenish tinge to the skin, it is
termed _green jaundice,_ and, when it imparts a blackish color, it is
known as _black jaundice._ Jaundice is undoubtedly due to the presence
of biliary elements in the blood.

CAUSES. In consequence of the varied conditions from which it arises,
Professor Da Costa has aptly remarked: "With the _recognition_ of
jaundice, the difficulty in diagnosis may be said to begin." He
considers the causes of jaundice to be (1) diseases of the liver; (2)
disease or the bile ducts; (3) diseases remote from the liver, or
general disease leading to a disorder of that viscus; (4) certain causes
acting upon the blood.

SYMPTOMS. It is characterized by a yellowish color of the skin and of
the white of the eyes. The skin is usually dry and harsh; if it be
moist, the linen will be tinged yellow from the perspiration. The tongue
is coated yellow, the mouth is dry, and the appetite impaired; there is
headache, nausea, and sometimes vomiting; there is pain in the abdomen
after eating, and in the r