The American physician and family assistant : in four parts / by Elias Smith.

  • Smith, Elias, 1769-1846.
Date:
1826
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Credit: The American physician and family assistant : in four parts / by Elias Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cure, giving- the emetic a few a times will cer- tainly relieve. COLIC. According to modern descriptions, there are the following- kinds of colic. Bilious, hyster- ic, inflammatory, nervous, stone, and wind colic. However many kinds of colic may be des- cribed, one course of medicine will cure the person, let him be troubled with either. All needful is to remove the obstructions from the part where the pain and distress is felt. The bilious colic is caused by an obstruction in the bile, or the outlet of the gall bladder. Give the injection and emetic, once or more, if the cause is not removed, and if attended to in season, a cure is certain. I have attended people troubled with these various kinds of colic, as they are called, and one or two courses of medicine has always given immediate relief. I was once violently attacked with the bilious colic, and going through the regular courses of medicine twice, entirely cured me, so that it has not in the least troubled me for ten years. In common cases of wind or hysteric colic, a table spoonful of the '■'•vegetable elixir. taken clear, will generally remove the pain in a few minutes. Bathing the bowels at the same time with the elixir, will greatly assist in re- lieving, in addition to taking it inwardly I have f frequently relieved children by only bathin, a w the bowels with this medicine. xve 1