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PILES.
cessful treatment of this disease, much depends upon the
general health. Hardened faces have been frequently
regarded as the cause of this disease, but as I before
observed, you will generally find a torpid condition of
the liver, accompanied with derangement of the digestive
organs. Frequently the parts become very much in-
flamed; when such is the case the bowels should be
kept in a free soluble condition, and for this purpose I
generally administer the following, so as to arouse the
liver to speedy action, say, from an eighth to a quarter
of a grain podophyllin every two or three hours, until
the secretion from that organ is established, then to
fulfil the indication of keeping the bowels in a soluble
condition, I give
Sublimed sulphur, 5iss.
Confection senna, 0ii.
Nitre, 3iii.
Syrupi auranto, (syrup of orange peel) q. s.
Make a confection, and give one or two drachms a
day, or as circumstances may require.
You should also apply local applications to allay in-
flammation, and for this purpose I frequently use a
small cigar, moisten it in warm water, and introduce it
in the rectum, it is a most excellent remedy.. A local
application of pul. slippery elm will frequently relieve
the intense inflammation; after the inflammation is
subdued I have used the following applications, either
of which, if persevered in, will, in a large majority
of cases, give relief.
1). Extract of stramonium, (Jamestown weed.)
Extract of tobacco, aa. 5i.
Tannin, grs. v.349
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Massie, J. Cam. A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, book, 1854; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143817/m1/349/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.