the medical guide
the stomach; also, increased action of the liver, which causes an overflowing of bile into the stomach.
Symptoms. —— Sickness, usually accompanied with vomiting of bilious matter of bitter taste.
Treatment.——Drink plentifully of warm water or camoline tea until stomach is unloaded, then take a blue mercurial pill at bed-time, and salts with senna tea, or senna and rhubarb, or an active purgative to work it off; if there is much pain in the stomach, apply a mustard poultice, or cloth dipped in turpentine, over seat of pain.
Observations.——Bile in the stomach is a very general term employed in all cases of disordered stomach, arising from any cause. Such as weak digestion, improper food, irregular feeding; and is best prevented by avoiding the causes that tend to produce it, such as late hours, irregular meals, and intemperance. When the bile accumulates to a great extent, it often induces vomiting and purging of bile, and is then called British Cholera, to distinguish it from another disease which has the same name; viz, Asiatic Cholera, in which there is no bile vomited or purged, and is a perfectly distinct disease.
BURNS, SCALDS, &c.
Causes.——Fire, boiling water, and acrid substances, such as vitriol, aqua fortis.
Symptoms.——The symptoms are all inflammation, modified by the part that is injured, whether it be a vital or non-vital part; also, the extent of the burn, both as regards its depth and surface.
Treatment.——Carded cotton, when put to a burn at the commencement, will often prevent its bad effects, and if allowed to remain will sometimes render other treatment unnecessary. Sulphur sprinkled on the surface, and sweet oil poured over it, has a soothing effect. Carron oil, which consists of equal parts of lime water and linseed oil, being frequently poured over the burn, or a linen cloth dipped in the mixture and laid over it, is a favourite remedy with many.
