If fiom the symptoms, before described, the hsemorrhage
appears to have occurred in the bladder itself, it will in all
probability partake of the character of debility. In such cases
the tincture of perchloride of iron or gallic acid or acetate of
lead may be tried.
Hsemorrhoids (Piles). — Symptoms. — There are tender and
painful swellings of the extremity of the bowels, the inconven-
ience and troublesome irritation of which are aggravated by
walking or riding. They are commonly caused or accompa-
nied by constipation, at the same time the action of the bowels
increase their soreness, and often cause them to bleed freely,
while the subject of them is at stool. The color of the blood
is usually of a bright red.
Treatment. — As they originate usually in some defective
state of the circulation in the liver and intestines, so they are
to be relieved by correcting the state of those organs. This is
most surely done, if the piles are of recent appearance, by a
light diet, abstinence from stimulants, and the use of enemata
of cold water. Simpl aperients, such as castor oil, or lenitive
electuary, by diminishing fulness of the vessels of the lower
bowel, are of great use. Bathing the parts with cold water
affords relief. Considerable comfort is derived from the appli-
cation of 'ointment of galls or any unirritating ointment, as
these diminish the friction and pressure that cause sometimes
much distress and discomfort. These latter applications are
almost the only palliatives within reach of the non-professional
for piles of long standing, and which assume to all intents and
purposes the characters of tumors.
Headache. — There are few more distressing complaints than
a severe headache, few more puzzling to account for in point
of suddenness and intensity and in the rapidity of their disap-
pearance. A "nervous** headache, for instance, comes sud-
denly upon one, and disables us from our duties, and may per-
haps be dispelled, as it were magically, by a cup of tea, or a
spoonful of spirits of salvolatile. This, however, is rarely the
extent of headache. It is not a disease of itself essentially, but
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is the indication of some morbid condition, it maybe only tem-
porary, of the brain or of its coverings. As such it is often a
persistent symptom, and the source of inexpressible suffering,
more especially if it be the result of some structural disease
within the brain or skull. There are, therefore, various kinds
of headache — the nervous,' congestive, neuralgic, rheumatic,
bilious, etc.
The nervous headache, arising from various causes of
debility, may, as already mentioned, be very short lived, and
yields rapidly to stimulants and antispasmodics. Congestive
headache is of a character distinct from the preceding, as it
does not generally come suddenly, is not amenable to the
same treatment, but requires the reverse — viz., purgatives and
low diet. This form proceeds from constipation, from over-use
and exertion of the brain. Bilious headache, or sick headache,
differs very little either in origin or treatment from the preced-
ing and requires similar treatment. Neuralgic and rheumatic
headache are so closely allied in their nature that they must be
spoken of together in relation to treatment. This kind of
headache is prone to assume a periodic form. It is to be relived
by the remedies for rheumatism — e. g., quinine, or iodide of
potassium.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
If fiom the symptoms, before described, the hsemorrhage appears to have occurred in the bladder itself, it will in all probability partake of the character of debility. In such cases the tincture of perchloride of iron or gallic acid or acetate of lead may be tried.
Hsemorrhoids (Piles). — Symptoms. — There are tender and painful swellings of the extremity of the bowels, the inconvenience and troublesome irritation of which are aggravated by walking or riding. They are commonly caused or accompanied by constipation, at the same time the action of the bowels increase their soreness, and often cause them to bleed freely, while the subject of them is at stool. The color of the blood is usually of a bright red.
Treatment. — As they originate usually in some defective state of the circulation in the liver and intestines, so they are to be relieved by correcting the state of those organs. This is most surely done, if the piles are of recent appearance, by a light diet, abstinence from stimulants, and the use of enemata of cold water. Simpl aperients, such as castor oil, or lenitive electuary, by diminishing fulness of the vessels of the lower bowel, are of great use. Bathing the parts with cold water affords relief. Considerable comfort is derived from the application of 'ointment of galls or any unirritating ointment, as these diminish the friction and pressure that cause sometimes much distress and discomfort. These latter applications are almost the only palliatives within reach of the non-professional for piles of long standing, and which assume to all intents and purposes the characters of tumors.
Headache. — There are few more distressing complaints than a severe headache, few more puzzling to account for in point of suddenness and intensity and in the rapidity of their disappearance. A "nervous** headache, for instance, comes suddenly upon one, and disables us from our duties, and may perhaps be dispelled, as it were magically, by a cup of tea, or a spoonful of spirits of salvolatile. This, however, is rarely the extent of headache. It is not a disease of itself essentially, but
MEDICINAL.
is the indication of some morbid condition, it maybe only temporary, of the brain or of its coverings. As such it is often a persistent symptom, and the source of inexpressible suffering, more especially if it be the result of some structural disease within the brain or skull. There are, therefore, various kinds of headache — the nervous,' congestive, neuralgic, rheumatic, bilious, etc.
The nervous headache, arising from various causes of debility, may, as already mentioned, be very short lived, and yields rapidly to stimulants and antispasmodics. Congestive headache is of a character distinct from the preceding, as it does not generally come suddenly, is not amenable to the same treatment, but requires the reverse — viz., purgatives and low diet. This form proceeds from constipation, from over-use and exertion of the brain. Bilious headache, or sick headache, differs very little either in origin or treatment from the preceding and requires similar treatment. Neuralgic and rheumatic headache are so closely allied in their nature that they must be spoken of together in relation to treatment. This kind of headache is prone to assume a periodic form. It is to be relived by the remedies for rheumatism — e. g., quinine, or iodide of potassium.