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INCONTINENCY OF URINE.
rounding muscular fibre. This is, in most cases, the
result of some mechanical injury; it is a deplorable con-
dition for the patient.
Though incontinence in itself is of little importance
to the health, it often becomes highly important in its
moral influences, affecting the character and future life
of the patient.
Trcatmcnt.-Incontinence, the result of debility, re-
quires a treatment that will restore tone to the parts;
this will be best effected by the administration of tonics
and astringents. Take cherry tree bark and bayberry
bark equal portions, bruise, and add a sufficiency of
water to make a strong decoction; let the patient drink
freely of this, and administer a small portion of the diu-
retic drops, as advised in nephritis. You will sometimes
find the mineral acids and cold bath valuable remedies
in this form of the disease. Should those fail to relieve
this variety, you can resort to the uva ursi in combina-
tion with cantharides. I have great confidence in this
latter remedy. I have administered the nitrate of
potash (saltpetre) in ten grain doses, every three hours,
with decided advantage.
Dr. Carter speaks favorably, for the cure of the above
variety, of the tincture of iodine, and the following recipe
has some celebrity, viz.:-
Powdered iodide of sulphur, grs. x.
Powdered gum arabic, q. s.
Mix, and divide into six powders-one, morning and
night, for an adult.
I ncofltincncc, which is the result of an irritated state
of the bladder, or a vitiated condition of the urine, will
require those remedies which are best calculated to allay3S1
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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/m1/381/: 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.