OF THE HEAD-ACH.

S19

LIENTERY and CCELIAC PASSION, which,though less dangerous than the dysentery, yet meritconsideration. These diseases generally proceed froma relaxed state of the stomach and intestines, which issometimes so great, that the food passes through themwith scarcely any sensible alteration; and the patientdies merely from the want of nourishment.

When the lientery or coeliac passion succeeds to adysentery, the case is bad. They are always danger-ous in old age, especially when the constitution hasbeen broken by excess or acute diseases. If the stoolsbe very frequent and quite crude, the thirst great,with little urine, the mouth ulcerated, and the facemarked with spots of different colours, the danger isvery great.

The treatment of the patient is in general the sameas in the dysentery. In all obstinate fluxes of the belly,the cure must be attempted, by first cleansing thestomach and bowels with gentle vomite and purges;afterwards such a diet as has a tendency to heal andstrengthen the bowels, with opiates and astringentmedicines, will generally complete the cure.

The same observation holds with respect to a TE-NESMUS, or frequent desire of going to stool. Thisdisease resembles the dysentery so much, both in itssymptoms and method of cure, that we think it need-less to insist upon it.

CHAP. XXXIV.

OF THE HEAD-ACH.

ACHES and pains proceed from very different,causes, and may affect any part of the body; butwe shall point out those only which occur most fre-quently, and are attended with the greatest danger.

When the head-ach is slight, and affects a parti-cular part of the head only, it is called cephalalgia;when the whole head is affected, cephaloea; and whenone side only, hemicra?iia. A fixed pain in the forehead,