DIARRHEA.
Sometimes the reverse of constipation occurs during pregnancy; namely, diarrhea. This also not unfrequently alternates with constipation. Constipation, however, is the most frequent symptom.
Treatment.—Singular as it may appear, diarrhea should be treated on the same general principles as constipation. Fortify and invigorate the general health, observing at the same time a correct general regimen, and either symptom disappears. In diarrhea, the hip-bath, often repeated, the wet girdle, and cold injections, taken as often as there is any disposition for the bowels to act, are effectual means. The diet should be regulated on the strictest principles. If a diarrhea is very severe, entire abstinence from all nourishment, except water, for a day or two, is a very salutary remedy. Food should then be taken with the same precautions as in nausea and vomiting.