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Laxative clyster—Carminative clyster—Oily clyster—Starch clyster—Turpentine clyster—Vinegar clyster, 446.

Cceliac passion, proper treatment for, 222.

Coffee berries, recommended in the stone, 209.

Cold, extreme, its effects on the human frame, 379. The sudden appli-cation of heat dangerous in such cases—How to recover frozen orbenumbed limbs, 380.

Cold bath. See Bath.

Colds, frequently occasioned by imprudent changes of clothes at the firstapproaches of summer, 50. Various causes of, specified, 70. Theirgeneral causes, 179. Proper regimen on the symptoms of, appearing-^Danger of neglecting the disorder, 180. The chief secret for avoid-ing, 181.

Colic, different species of, 191. Medical treatment of, according totheir species and causes, 192. Bilious colic—Hysteric colic—Nerv-ous colic—Cautions necessary to guard against the nervous colic-General advice in colics, 194. Flatulent colic, 429, 439.

Collyeia. See Eye-wateks.

Commerce, often imports infectious disorders, 59. Means suggested toguard against this danger, 61.

Confections, often very needlessly compounded—Preparation of the con-fection of catechu, 447.

Conserves and Preserves, general remarks on, and their composition—Of red roses—Of sloes—Candied orange-peel, 448.

Constitution, good or bad, the foundation of, generally laid duringinfancy, 1.

Consumptions, the increase of this disorder may be attributed to harddrinking, 53. Who most liable to, and its causes, 96. Symptoms,97. Regimen, 98. Riding, 98. Much benefit to be expected fromgoing a long voyage—Travelling, 99. Diet, 100. Great efficacy ofmilk in—Medical treatment, 101, 423.

Consumptions, Nervous, defined, and the persons most liable to, 107.

■' ------Symptomatic, the treatment of, must be directed to the

producing cause, 107.

Convulsions, why new-born infants are so liable to, 8. Those precedingthe eruption in the small-pox favourable symptoms, 125. The gene-ral causes of, 354. Further instructions in like cases, 385.

Cooke, Captain, the circumnavigator, his means of preserving the healthof his men, 26.

Cookery, the arts of, render many things unwholesome that are no 1natHrally so, 37.

Cordials, ought not to be given to infants, 9. Are the common refugeof nurses who neglect their duty to children, 19. Are often fatal inan inflammation of the stomach, 138. When good in the colic, 192.Ought seldom to be given to a pregnant woman during labour, 345.

Corn, damaged, will produce the putrid fever, 112.

Cortex. See Barr.

Cosmetic, 431.

Costiveness, a frequent recourse to medicines for the prevention of, injuri-ous to the constitution, 67. Is rather to be removed by diet than drugs,68. Its general causes and effects—Regimen, 201. Remedies for, 262.

Cough, the proper remedies for, J81. A plaster of Burgundy pitch