OF THE COLIC.

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sour or unripe fruits, or drinking stale windy liquors,&c I have known it brought on by living too muchon baked fruits, which are seldom good. It likewiseproceeds frequently from cold caught by wet clothes,&c. but especially from wet feet.

OF THE COLIC.

The colic has a great resemblance to the two pre-ceding diseases, both in its symptoms and method ofcure. It is generally attended with costiveness andacute pain of the bowels; and requires diluting diet,evacuations, fomentations, &c.

Colics are variously denominated according to theircauses, as the flatulent, the bilious, the hysteric, thenervous, &c. As each of these requires a particularmethod of treatment, we shall point out their mostgeneral symptoms, and the means to be used for theirrelief.

Theflatulent, or wind-colic, is generally occasionedby an indiscreet use of unripe fruits, meats of harddigestion, windy vegetables, fermenting liquors, andsxich like. It may likewise proceed from an ob-structed perspiration, or catching cold. Delicatepeople, whose digestive powers are weak, are mostliable to this kind of colic.

The flatulent colic may either affect the stomachor intestines. It is attended with a painful stretchingof the affected part. The patient fe<^ a rumblingin his guts, and is generally relieved bv a dischargeof wind, either upwards or downwards. The pain isseldom confined in any particular part, as the vapourwanders from one division of the bowels to another,till it finds a vent.

When the disease proceeds from windy liquor,green fruits, sour herbs, or the like, the best medi-cine on the first appearance of the symptoms is adram of brandy, gin, or any good spirits. The pa-tient should likewise sit with his feet upon a warmhearth-stone, or apply warm bricks to them; and warmcloths may be applied to his stomach and bowels.