.

The _mixtura Campechensis_, both alone and with _tinctura thebaica_,
checked the Purging, and gave Relief sometimes; and the Addition of
some of the Extract of Bark and Tincture of Cinnamon, seemed to
encrease its Efficacy in one or two old Cases, at _Bremen_; but it
afterwards occasioned such Sickness, that we did not continue its Use.

In other inveterate Dysenteries, where we thought that a strong
Astringent was wanted, we added a small Proportion of Allum to the
_Campechense_ Julep, which on first using seemed to be serviceable;
but at other Times it occasioned a Tenesmus and Gripes; and therefore
we were obliged to be very cautious how we used it.

Equal Parts of the _electuarium diascordii_ and _electuarium
corticis_, taken in the Quantity of a Drachm twice or thrice a Day,
was of Use in many old Fluxes[42], though it made other Patients so
sick, that they were obliged to lay it aside.

[42] I had lately a very remarkable Instance of the Effects
of this Medicine, in the Case of one _Gilchrist_, a
middle-aged Man, by Trade a Taylor; who was admitted into
_St. George_'s Hospital the 20th of _July_, 1763, for an old
Flux, which had continued above six Months, and reduced him
very low: He had taken a great many Medicines without any
Effect. After giving him a Vomit and two Doses of Tincture of
Rhubarb, I gave him four Grains of the Powder of Ipecacuana
with Opium three Times a Day; but that having no Effect,
after using it for above a Fortnight, I ordered him the
Electuary of Diascord and Cortex; from the Time he began to
use this Medicine, he mended daily; and was dismissed in good
Health the 26th of _September_.

We tried likewise in this Stage of the Disorder, repeated small Doses
of the Ipecacuana; but it occasioned such Sickness, that we did not
persist in its Use.

In other Cases, we gave from two to five Grains of the Ipecacuana,
mixed with Opium, in different Proportions (from three Grains to ten
of the Ipecacuana to one of the Opium), every four or six Hours; it
gave sometimes a little present Ease, at other Times it occasioned
Sickness; we often continued its Use for ten, twelve, or fourteen
Days; but it seldom produced any remarkable Change for the better, and
we were obliged to have Recourse to other Remedies.

_Dover_'s Powder was given in large Doses, from one Scruple to two;
and proved a good Sudorific and Anodyne in some Cases; though in