A treatise on bowel complaints: intended for the use of physicians, families, parents, masters of vessels etc. in the United States / By John G. Vought.

  • Vought, John G. (John Graff), 1791-1832.
Date:
1823
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Credit: A treatise on bowel complaints: intended for the use of physicians, families, parents, masters of vessels etc. in the United States / By John G. Vought. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ry in obstinate cases ; after which it may be taken eve- ry two hours, with the anodyne every six hours, &c. and also a.dese of anti-bilious pills may be used to pro- mote a more speedy discharge by stool. One tea-spoonful of this medicine every morning, during the summer season, will effectually prevent all bilious and bowel complaints. To remedy the evil of most of the avove complaints, one phial has been found to be sufficient, if used at an early period; but, after disease is. seated, obstinate cases may require two, three, or more phials. Strict attention to the above directions, with perseverance, will insure success. -Thave not mentioned the particular benefit which the use of this medicine would prove, in cases of all fevers termed bilious. They are generally cases which particularly require the attention of an attending phy- sycian. As the state of the patient often changes sud- denly, so the remedies must also be changed. When such symptoms, in cases of fever, occur, as acidity in the stomach, vomiting, nausea, foetid and slimy stools, griping pains in the abdomen, &c. the physician who cheoses to make trial of this remedy, will find out its active agency in allaying those disagreeable and often dangerous symptoms. ges The qualities which this compound contains, have heretofore been fully explained ; and every medical man will be able to form a correct judgment in what manner it operates on the system, and also in what stages of fever it will be most proper to exhibit it, and when it will be most likely to have an advantageous effect. 7