Constipated bowels : the various causes and rational means of curen / by S.B. Birch.
- Birch, S. B. (Scholes Butler)
- Date:
- 1863
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Constipated bowels : the various causes and rational means of curen / by S.B. Birch. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![quisite, to guard against that which would not have been over-repletion at previous periods of life. In such cases, and for occasional use in most old people, the Ext. Coloc. comp. gr. v to gr. viij, with Ext. Hyos. gr. j, affords an excellent formula. Wliere, however, the bowels are more sensitive, and the quantity of aliment is judiciously limited to the true wants of the system, the tendency to constipa- tion ought not to be habitually opposed by Ext. Coloc. comp. It will be stronger than necessary, and may then excite diarrhoea, which is always dangerous for the aged, and often prostrates rapidly and carries them off suddenly. The best general assistants, which in small doses have an addi- tional stomachic and tonic influence, are Ext. Aloes, well combined with Sap. Hispan., as a dinner-pill; Tine. Rhei co. 5] ad 5ij, in a wineglassful of cold water, at bedtime or before rising in the morning; and Fellis Bovini inspiss. gr. v ad gr. viij, iu form of pill. These may be given separately or variously combined, according to circumstances. Further (as in most cases of intestinal torpidity- where very little exercise is taken) an occasional dose of Nux Vomica alone, at bedtime, will be frequently found a most valuable nervine tonic, more particularly when flatulent distension with uneasiness associates itself with the constipation. In all cases where the physical ability exists, corporeal exercise should be regarded as highly de-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20396296_0206.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
