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Salicylate of Sodium Skim-Milk Diet Sodium Citrate Sodium Phosphate. As purgative
Dlarrhoea.
Aconite. In high fever and cutting abdominal pains
Alkalies, 3, 4. In small doses in diarrhoea of children, if due to excess of acid in the intestine, causing colic and a green stool
Alum, 4
Ammonium Carbonate, 3. In the after-stage if there is a continuous watery secretion
Ammonium Chloride, 3. In intestinal catarrh
Argentic Nitrate, 3. In acute and chronic diarrhoea as astringent
Arnica
Aromatics, 4. In nervous irritability or relaxation without inflammation
Arsenic, 2, 3. A few drops of Fowler's solution in diarrhoea excited by taking food; in diarrhoea with passage of membranous shreds associated with uterine derangement; and along with opium in chronic diarrhoea of malarial origin.
Bael. Infusion to children
Belladonna, 4. In colliquative diarrhoea
Bismuth, 2, 3, 4. In large doses in chronic diarrhoea; with grey powder in the diarrhoea of children
Cajeput Oil, 4. Along with camphor, chloroform and opium in serous diarrhoea
Calcium Carbonate, 2. The aromatic chalk mixture in the diarrhoea of children, and in the diarrhoea of phthisis and typhus
Calcium Carbolate
Calcium Chloride. In the colliquative diarrhoea of strumous children, and in chronic diarrhoea with weak digestion
Calcium Phosphate, 3. In chronic diarrhoea, especially of children
Calomel, 2. In minute doses in chronic diarrhoea of children, with pasty white stools
Calx Saccharata, 1, 3. In the chronic diarrhoea and vomiting of young children
Camphor, 2, 3, 4. In the early stage of Asiatic cholera, at the commencement of summer diarrhoea, acute diarrhoea of children, and diarrhoea brought on by effluvia
Capsicum, 3. Prom eating fish; and in summer diarrhoea, and diarrhoea after expulsion of irritant
Castor Oil and Opium, 3, 4. To carry away
Dlarrhoea.
any irritant; also alone in the diarrhoea of children
Catechu, 4. Astringent
Charcoal, 4. In foul evacuations
Chloral Hydrate, 1
Chloroform, 3. As spirits with opium after a purgative
Cocaine, 4. In serous diarrhoea
Cod-Liver Oil, 3. To children with pale stinking stools
Cold or Tepid Pack, 3. In summer diarrhoea of children
Copaiba, 4. From its local action in chronic cases
Copper Sulphate, 2, 3. 1/10 gr. along with opium in acute and chronic diarrhoea, associated with colicky pains and catarrh
Corrosive Sublimate, 3. In small doses in acute and chronic watery diarrhoea, marked by slimy or bloody stools, of children and adults; and diarrhoea of phthisis and typhoid
Coto Bark. In catarrhal diarrhoea
Dulcamara. In diarrhoea of children from teething and exposure
Ergot, 2, 4. In a very chronic diarrhoea succeeding to an acute attack
Erigeron Canadense
Eucalyptus, 4. In catarrh
Flannel Binder. Adjunct in children
Galls. In chronic diarrhoea
Guarana. In convalescence
Haematoxylon. Mild astringent, suitable to children from its sweetish taste
Ice to Spine, 3
Injection, 3. Of starch water, at 100° F., with tinct. opii and acetate of lead, or sulphate of copper in the choleraic diarrhoea of children
Ipecacuanha, 3. Drop doses of the wine every hour in the dysenteric diarrhoea of children, marked by green slimy stools
Iron Pernitrate, 3. Simple astringent
Kino. Astringent
Krameria. Astringent
Lead Acetate, 2, 3, 4. In suppository or by mouth; in the summer diarrhoea of children; with morphine of adults : with opium in purging due to typhoid or tubercular disease, in profuse serous discharge, and in purging attended with inflammation
Magnesia. Antacid in children
Mercury, 3. The grey powder in diarrhoea of children, marked by derangement of intestinal secretion and stinking stools; to be withheld where masses of undigested milk are passed; in adults, vide Corrosive Sublimate
Mineral Acids, 2, 4. In profuse serous discharges, and in cholera infantum
Nitric Acid. With nux vomica, to assist mercury, when due to hepatic derangement; combined with pepsin when this is the case with children
Nitro-hydrochloric Acid, 4. When it is an intestinal dyspepsia
Nitrous Acid, 4. In profuse serous diarrhoea, and the sudden diarrhoea of hot climates
Nux Vomica. In chronic cases
Oak Bark. Infusion astringent
Opium, 3, 4. In tubercular and typhoid diarrhoea; in acute, after expulsion of offending matter; as an enema, with starch, in the acute fatal diarrhoea of children
Pepsin. Along with nitro-hydrochloric acid in infantile diarrhoea
Podophyllum, 3. In chronic diarrhoea, with high-coloured, pale or frothy stools
Potassium Chlorate. In chronic cases with mucilaginous stools
Pulsatilla. In catarrhal
Rhubarb, 3, 4. To evacuate intestine
Dlarrhoea.
Rumex Crispus, 3. In morning diarrhoea Salicin, 2. In catarrh and chronic diarrhoea of children Salicylic Acid, 3. In summer diarrhoea and diarrhoea of phthisis Sulphuric Acid. Diarrhoea of phthisis Tannin with Opium, 2, 3, 4. In acute and chronic internally, or as enema Veratrum Album, 3. In summer diarrhoea Zinc Sulphate and Oxide, 3, 4. A stimulant astringent; of the oxide gr. iij. or gr. iv. for children
Diphtheria.
Alcohol. Freely given, very useful
Ammonium Chloride
Apomorphine. As an emetic
Argentic Nitrate, 2, 3. Of doubtful value
Arsenic. Internally
Belladonna, 2. At commencement, especially useful when tonsils much swollen and there is little exudation; later on, to support the heart
Benzoic Acid, 4. In large doses
Boric Acid or Borax, 3, 4. Glycerine solution locally
Bromine, 1. As inhalation
Carbolic Acid, 2, 4. As spray or painted on throat, internally with iron
 
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