ch had continued for two Months, and reduced her very low.
She complained much of Sickness and Gripes; her Stools were
mostly composed of Mucus and Blood; her Pulse was low, and
she had no Fever, but a Whiteness of the Tongue, and
complained of Thirst.--The first Day she had a Vomit, and
next Day a Dose of the purging saline oily Draught.--She was
ordered to have an emollient Clyster, with a Drachm of
Diascord, and as much _tinctura thebaica_, given her every
Evening; and to have a Dose of the saline oily Purge twice a
Week, and Opiates occasionally; by following this Course, and
drinking at Times the Chalk Julep, her Disorder was removed,
and she was discharged the Hospital on the 30th of the same
Month.

In some old Dysenteries, where the villous Coat of the Intestines was
much injured, I gave the Cordial Draughts, with the Addition of Half a
Drachm of the _balsamum copaivi_, a Scruple of the Extract of the
Bark, and five Drops of the _tinctura thebaica_, three Times a Day.
At first, this Medicine seemed to promise much, particularly in the
Case of an old Invalid, _William Brookes_; who had been long ill of a
Flux, attended with Gripes and a Tenesmus. He had used Variety of
Remedies, without receiving any Benefit. For the first Fortnight,
after he began the Use of this Medicine, he rested well, and found
great Relief; and seemed to be in a fair Way of doing well. But the
Disorder being too far advanced before he began to use it, he
relapsed, and died. On opening his Body, the inner Coats of the Rectum
and the lower Part of the Colon seemed to be reduced almost to a
gelatinous Substance, and the other Coats were black, approaching to a
Gangrene.--The same Medicine gave Relief in other Cases, but they were
too far advanced before it was administered. In these Cases, when the
villous Coat of the Intestines was inflamed and very irritable, the
mucilaginous Medicines, the _pulvis e tragacantha_, and such others,
were of Service; and frequently Starch Clysters and Anodynes gave
Relief, when other Remedies had little Effect. Flower, boiled with
Milk, and sweetened with Sugar, and given for Breakfast, as mentioned
by Dr. _Pringle_, proved a good Palliative to some; and the Starch and
Gum Arabic, dissolved in Water, a good Drink to others.--Lime Water
and Milk, drank to the Quantity of a Pint or a Quart a Day, was of use
to a few, though it did not agree with all.

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