The century cook book

Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea may be a salutary process, or an ailment serious enough to endanger life. Mucous discharges occur in inflammation of the bowels and in many cases of summer diarrhoea. Bilious passages occur in cholera morbus, serous or rice water, in Asiatic cholera, bloody discharges in dysentery. In its treatment, an important' point is that in many cases it should not be abruptly checked ; in some cases not interfered with at all. When the motion is preceded by severe griping pain, ceasing with the evacuation of the acrid and offensive matter, take a tablespoonful of the following after each motion: Prepared chalk, two drachms, tincture of catechu, two drachms, laudanum, 40 drops, cinnamon water, four ounces. When the motions are loose and copious, take of laudanum, one drachm, dilute sulphuric acid, two drachms, infusion of logwood, four ounces; mix, take a tablespoonful four or six times a day. When it is accompanied with cramps, take a teaspoonful of the following every hour until relieved: Spirits of chloroform, half an ounce, tincture capsicum, one drachm, syrup of ginger, two ounces. When the diarrhoea is chronic and hemorrhagic, take of powdered gum arable, The Family Doctor 3 1 1 one and one-half ounces, oil of turpentine, two ounces, water, three ounces, simple syrup enough to make twelve ounces; mix, and take a teaspoonful every three hours. Digestion of Food. The following table shows the time required for the digestion of the more common articles of food: Kind of Food. Rice, boiled Eggs, whipped Trout, fresh, fried. . . . Soup, barley, boiled.. Apples, sweet, raw. . . Venison steak, broiled. Sago, boiled Tapioca, boiled. Barley, boiled Milk, boiled Liver, beef, broiled. . . Eggs, fresh, raw Apples, sour, raw.... Cabbage, raw Milk Eggs, roasted Goose, roasted Turkey, roasted Cake, sponge, baked. . Hash, warmed Beans, pod, boiled. . . Parsnips, boiled Potatoes, Irish, baked. Custard, baked. ...... Oysters, raw Hr. M in. }o }0 r5 2 ; 2 ' ;o Kind of Food. Eggs, soft boiled Beefsteaks, broiled . . . . Mutton, boiled Mutton, broiled Soup, bean, boiled. . . . Chicken soup, boiled. . . Pork, salt, broiled Mutton, roasted Bread, corn, baked Carrots, boiled Sausage, broiled Oysters, stewed , . . Butter Cheese, old. Bread, fresh, baked. . . . Turnips, flat, boiled Potatoes, Irish, boiled. . Eggs, hard boiled. . . . . . Green corn, boiled Beans and beets, boiled. Salmon, salted, boiled. . Veal, fresh, fried Cabbage, boiled Suet, beef, boiled Hrs. Min. Dropsy. Take of bruised juniper berries, mustard seed, and ginger, each half an ounce, bruised horseradish and parsley root, each an ounce, sound old cider, a quart; infuse. Dose, a wineglassful three times a day. Dysentery. Rest is important. The diet must be bland, as ricewater, arrowroot, or other farinacea; beef tea. When thirst is intense, iced ice water; infusion of slippery elm bark may be used as a drink. At the very start, a dose of castor 312 The Family Doctor