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tartar, must be drunk freely. Sma'l chicken broth,
with a little manna dissolved in it, or a slight decoc¬
tion of tamarinds, are likewise very proper, or any
other thin, acid, opening liquor.
Besides bleeding and plentiful dilution, it will be
necessary to foment the belly with cloths dipped in
warm water, and if this should not succeed, the
patient must be immersed up to the breast in warm
In the bilious colic the vomiting is often very
difficult to restrain. When this happens, the patient
may drink a decoction of toasted bread, or an infusion
of garden-mint in boiling water. Should these not
have the desired effect, the saline draught, with a
few drops of laudanum in it, may be given and re¬
peated according to the urgency of the symptoms.
A small quantity of Venice treacle may be spread in
form of a cataplasm, and applied to the pit of the
stomach. Clysters, with a proper quantity of Venice
treacle, or liquid laudanum in them, may likewise be
frequently administered.
Such as are liable to frequent returns of the bilious
colic should use flesh sparingly, and live chiefly upon
a light vegetable diet. They should likewise take
frequently a dose of cream of tartar with tamarinds,
or any other cool acid purge.
The hysteric colic bears a great resemblance to the
bilious. It is attended with acute pains about the
region of the stomach, vomiting, &c. But what the
patient vomits in this case is commonly of a greenish
calour. There is a great sinking of the spirits, with
dejection of mind and difficulty of breathing, which
are the characteristic symptoms of this disorder.
Sometimes it is accompanied with the jaundice, but
this generally goes off of its own accord in a few