INFLAMMATION
OF THE BLADDER-Cystitis.
SYMPTOMS.-In this disease there is
burning pain in the region of the bladder, the abdomen is
more or less swollen, a frequent desire to pass water,
and a difficulty in voiding it, or a total stoppage ; the
skin hot and dry and the bowels inactive, accompanied not
unfrequently with vomiting, and sometimes delirium. A
sudden cessation of pain, coldness of the extremities, a
clammy sweat, and great prostration, are unfavourable
symptoms, and indicate the state of mortification. This
disease is produced by an improper use of acrid
medicines, such as tincture of cantharides, introduction
of instruments in the bladder, obstructed perspiration,
lodgment of a stone, or a diseased state of the prostate
gland.
TREATMENT.-If the complaint should be severe, put the
patient into a hip bath ; if that cannot be done, put a
hot brick to the feet, and one on each side ; foment the
part with camomiles, wormwood, and hops, renewing the hot
flannels every few minutes, and give a tea made of the
following herbs :-
Juniper berries . . . . . 2 ounces.
Parsley piert . . . . . . . 1 ounce.
Uva ursi . . . . . . . . 1 do.
Broom .. . . .. .. 1 do.
Buchu leaves . . . . . . 1 do.
Gum Arabic . . . . . . . I do.
Boil in five pints of water down to two
pints ; clear the liquor and then add half a teaspoonful
of cayenne and one teaspoonful of the oil of cubebs, when
cold. Give a wine-glassful of this every two hours, and
if the bowels are confined, an injection, given as
mentioned under the head of apoplexy, will be
advantageous in this disease.
ABSCESS-Apostema.
Drink half a cupful of herb swine's
grass tea, or wood sanicle, twice a day ; and apply the
Oil Tincture, or slippery elm poultice, three times a
day.
WEAK EYES.
Take distilled water two ounces, and
one ounce of distilled extract of Hamamclis Virginica
(Witch Hazel) mix together, and bathe the eyes
frequently, using a fresh supply of the lotion, and a
clean bit of linen; each time it is used. Distilled water
four ounces, rose water four ounces, boric acid half an
ounce. Mix and bathe the eyes well with it three times a
day.
SMOKING HERBS.
Thorn apple . , . . 1 ounce,
Yarrow flowers . . . · 1 do.
Rose leaves . · . . . . I do.
Coltsfoot leaves . . . . . . 1 do.
Cut them fine, scent with essence of
musk, and mix ; these herbs are good for asthma, and much
better than smoking the narcotic tobacco.
CHOLERA DROPS.
Tincture of cayenne .. .· .. I ounce.
Tincture of rhubarb · · . . . 1 do.
Essence of peppermint . . · I do.
Tincture of wild yam . . . 1 do.
Spirits of camphor . . . . . 1 do.
Oil of pennyroyal . . . . . . 2
drachms.
These all mixed together make a very
valuable medicine for cholera and dysentery or a relaxed
state of the bowels and will often stay both purging and
sickness in a few hours. Dose from twenty to thirty drops
in half a teacupful of warm water sweetened with loaf
sugar. Take it every half hour until convalescent.
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