Constipation in adults and children : with special reference to habitual constipation and its most successful treatment by the mechanical methods / by H. Illoway.

  • Illoway, H. (Henry)
Date:
1897
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Credit: Constipation in adults and children : with special reference to habitual constipation and its most successful treatment by the mechanical methods / by H. Illoway. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tives, as were formerly advocated, can generally be dis- pensed with. Bretonneau recommended as a local injection to induce con- traction of the part: Extract. Rhatanise (Kramerise) 3 ii Spirit. Vin. Rectilicat. 3 v Aqu. Pura. 5 iv Misc. This prescription is also highly commended by Trousseau ^ for the treatment of anal fissure. Bodenhammer claimed good results from ]^ Acid. Tannic. 3 i Claret Wine § iv Misc. He has also used with success decoctions of white-oak bark and alum, as also the decoction of galls. With these astringent injections the use of purgatives, as already mentioned above, is combined. Bodenhammer gives a pill composed as follows : 5 Extract. Aloe 3 ss Extract. Nuc. Vomic. 3 i Extract. Hyosciam. grs. xv Ferr. Sulphat. grs. x Ole. Caryophyll. gtt. v M. ft. pillul. No. XXX. Sig. Take one at dinner or at bedtime. Van Buren prescribed this pill: 5 Ferr. Sulphat. Exsiccat. Quinia. Sulphat. aa 9 ii Extract. Nuc. Vomic. Extract. Aloe aa grs. xii Misc. ft. pillul. No. XL. Sig. One pill three times a day. ' Clinical Lectures.