While these means are being used, manual aid must be used, called taxis, (meaning the replacement of parts by the hand). The position of the patient requires care and skill. His legs and! buttocks should be elevated as high as possible, forming an angle, if possible, of 45 degrees. This may be effected by- placing die back parts of a chair under- neath him. His thighs and the body should be a little flexed or bent, in order to relax the muscles. The tumour should then be seized, and moderau pressure made, in order to return tht viscera. The constant application of a solutioa of alum it) a strong decoction of oak bark (two drachms to a pint) has been recommended by some surgeons for the radical cure of rapture in the groin. It. is applied by means of soft linen, which should be wetted as soon os it becomes dry. In incipient cases this topical re- medy, by constringing the part, may succeed in preventing the escape of in- testine or omentum through ihe abdo- minal ring. The compress should for some time be kept on the part by a- bandage or a truss with eisy springs. ABORTION, to prevent. — Women of a weak or relaxed habit should use solid food, avoiding great quantities of tea and other W'eak and watery liquors. They should go soon to bed and rise early, and take frequent exercise, but avoid being over-fatigued. If of a full habit, they ought to use a spare diet, and chiefly of the vegetable kind, avoiding strong Liquors, and every thing that may te.nd to heat the body* or increase the quantity of blood. ABS ACE 1 1 In the first ai.se, take flatly In It a pint of decoction of Lignum Guincum ; boil- ing an ounce of it in a quart of water for five minutes. In the latter case, give half a drachm of powdered nitre in a cup of water- gruel. every five or six hours ; in both cases she should sleep on a hard mat- tress with her head low, and be kept cooi and quiet. ABSCESS. — They require the ap- plication of warm poultices and fomen- tations, and a cooling aperient medicine. The best fomentation comprises a decoc- tion of marsh mallows, camomile flowers, poppv-heads, or hemlock leaves. The poultice may be made of bread and water, or linseed meal. These to be applied till the abscess bursts. When burst, allow the discharge of purulent matter, and after it has ceased, apply moist rags for a day or two ; then draw together the edges of the wound by means of diachylon plaster, and to the wound apply Cerate or Spermaceti Ointment. It is necessary sometimes when the bursting is slow and tedious, and the pain great, to open the abscess with the point of a lancet, which pre- vents much suffering. When the ab- scess is indolent, and slow in ripening, apply a poultice of oatmeal, and water, and yeast, and a little salt. Let the patient live on nourishing diet. Keep the body open ; and if the pain be great, mix with the aperient, about 10 or ia drops of lauriamun. ABSCESS, Milk. — This abscess affects mothers, and requires careful treatment. Apply every two hours warm vinegar to the part. This, if done In time, soon gives relief.

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While these means are being used, manual aid must be used, called taxis, (meaning the replacement of parts by the hand). The position of the patient requires care and skill. His legs and! buttocks should be elevated as high as possible, forming an angle, if possible, of 45 degrees. This may be effected by placing the back parts of a chair underneath him. His thighs and the body should be a little flexed or bent, in order to relax the muscles. The tumour should then be seized, and moderate pressure made, in order to return tht viscera. The constant application of a solution of alum it) a strong decoction of oak bark (two drachms to a pint) has been recommended by some surgeons for the radical cure of rupture in the groin. It. is applied by means of soft linen, which should be wetted as soon os it becomes dry. In incipient cases this topical remedy, by constringing the part, may succeed in preventing the escape of intestine or omentum through ihe abdominal ring. The compress should for some time be kept on the part by abandage or a truss with easy springs. ABORTION, to prevent. — Women of a weak or relaxed habit should use solid food, avoiding great quantities of tea and other weak and watery liquors. They should go soon to bed and rise early, and take frequent exercise, but avoid being over-fatigued. If of a full habit, they ought to use a spare diet, and chiefly of the vegetable kind, avoiding strong Liquors, and everything that may tend to heat the body or increase the quantity of blood.. ABS ACE 1 1 In the first case, take daily a pint of decoction of Lignum Guaiacum; boiling an ounce of it in a quart of water for five minutes. In the latter case, give half a drachm of powdered nitre in a cup of water gruel. every five or six hours ; in both cases she should sleep on a hard mattress with her head low, and be kept cooi and quiet. ABSCESS. — They require the application of warm poultices and fomentations, and a cooling aperient medicine. The best fomentation comprises a decoction of marsh mallows, camomile flowers, poppv-heads, or hemlock leaves. The poultice may be made of bread and water, or linseed meal. These to be applied till the abscess bursts. When burst, allow the discharge of purulent matter, and after it has ceased, apply moist rags for a day or two ; then draw together the edges of the wound by means of diachylon plaster, and to the wound apply Cerate or Spermaceti Ointment. It is necessary sometimes when the bursting is slow and tedious, and the pain great, to open the abscess with the point of a lancet, which prevents much suffering. When the abscess is indolent, and slow in ripening, apply a poultice of oatmeal, and water, and yeast, and a little salt. Let the patient live on nourishing diet. Keep the body open ; and if the pain be great, mix with the aperient, about 10 or 12 drops of laudanum. ABSCESS, Milk. — This abscess affects mothers, and requires careful treatment. Apply every two hours warm vinegar to the part. This, if done In time, soon gives relief.

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