After the patient has been taken through a course of the medicine, great care must be taken to keep up an internal heat, so as to produce perspiration, by giving occasionally No. 2, or the composition powder.
During the period of treatment give milk porridge, or gruel, well seasoned with red pepper. In cases where the liver is at fault, clam broth should be the only food given during the entire course of the treatment.
A teacupful of the tea of No. 2, should be given night and morning to prevent a relapse ,and during the day a tea made of poplar bark. If constipation exists, a tea of bitter root.
As soon as the disorder is under control, give bitters, No. 4, to correct the bile and restore the digestion; and half a wineglassful of the syrup No. 5, two or three times a day, which will strengthen the stomach and assist in regulating the digestive organism and its functions.
These instructions are to be followed only in the more
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violent attacks of disease, and such as have become settled. Among these are apoplexy, severe cases of asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, croup and convulsion which require heroic treatment. Diphtheria, ovarian and uterine cramps, spasms, meningitis and tetanus, and in tuberculosis where all other treatment has failed. In the treatment of the bites of poisonous snakes or that of a dog with rabies, it is the ideal treatment to follow.
Number 4, Bitters
Bitter herb, or Balmony, Barberry and Poplar bark, equal parts, pulverized and one ounce of the powder added to a pint of hot water and steeped for a short time. Drain and add half pint of grain alcohol. For a dose, half a wineglassful in hot water. To use as heating and stimulating bitters, take three grains of Capsicum with each portion.
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