Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Much better results will be obtained from
such application of exact remedies to meet
the conditions they exactly remedy than
from the ignorant combination of cathartics
without regard to the specific action of each
and the adminstration of such remedies in
very large doses which soon exhaust the
irritabiliiy of the intestines and require con-
stantly decreasing effects.
In persistent ana! pruritus, usually dependent
upon internal "piles" the Ilybisco
Ointment (Abbott) will be found an excellent
thing.
All these remedies may be obtained of
The Abbott Alkaloidal Company, Chicago.
Gasiro lutestinal Irritations and Their
Treatment.
Brose S. Home, M. D., Kx-Physician Indiana
State Pri.son, Marion, Indiana.
luiteritis is only a clinical expression and
the disease is due to many causes. The
most fruitful cause is drinking water con
laminated bv the discharges from diseased
patients, lixposure to cold, bad food,
through nervous influence and direct irritation
of the mucous membrane, may produce
individual cases of the catarrhal forn-s. hi
army life this disease is cjuite freciuent and
is described under the name of dysenter\
In crowded places, as in the army or in
prison, epidemics will arise and fre(|uently
the whole mass of humanity will be taken
down with this dreadful disease.
There are many micro-organisms found
in the discharges from these patients. ( )nc
is the amct'ba dysenteriae, claimed by some
to be the main cause, but it is doubtful if
any one organism can be pointed out as the
sjjecilic cause of the trouble. It is a settled
question now that some poison introduced
into the system produces these gastro-intes
tinal troubles such as gastro-interitis,
I eiitero-colitis, epidemic dysentery, etc.
We need not dwell on either particubu
nosological classification as the treatment
is about the same in either one of the enli
The common symptoms met with in
ties. I
I these disorders are about the same. Tlie>
commence with a light form of gaslro-
will ;
intestinal catarrh. After the stage of incu-
j
I bation
! a
' diarrhoea
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which may last from a few hours !<
few days, symptoms of dyspepsia and
set in. There is anorexia, heartburn,
nausea, vomiting, borborygmus, often
pain in the abdomen and copious fluid dis
( charges. In some cases there is violent
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; of
1' is
griping and collicky pains with a sensation
depression. The patient in some cases
unable to leave the stool. The tenesmus
; is frightful, making the i)alient not only a
- misery to himself but to his friends as well.
I
Often the patient will sit at stool hours at a
time until he becomes so faint and weak
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ADBVRTISHMBNTS.
FORMULA:
Benzo-Salicyl. Sod. 3:i-i3; Hucalyptol
.,x5; Thymol .17: Salicylate Methyl, from
Betula Lenta .16: Menthol .08; Pini Pumil-
ionis -16; Glycerine and solvents q. 8. 480,