Careful attention should always be paid to the regularity of the bowels, in order to prevent pelvic congestion, which may result from constipation.
Two or three drams of Rochelle salts may be administered in a tumblerful of water every morning, one hour before breakfast.
A useful prescription, combining the saline purgative and the iron, is—
| ℞. | Ferri sulph., | gr. xij; | |
| Magnes. sulph., | ℥iss; | ||
| Sodii chloridi, | gr. xij; | ||
| Acid. sulph. dil., | ʒiss; | ||
| Infus. quassiæ, | ad | ℥vj. | |
| M. Sig. | One tablespoonful one hour before meals. | ||
An excellent laxative pill is—
| ℞. | Extract. colocynthidis, | ||
| Extract. hyoscyami, | āā. | gr. x; | |
| Massæ hydrargyri, | gr. xx. | ||
| M. | Fiat massa dividenda in pilulas No. xx. | ||
Sig. One pill three times a day.
Strychnine in addition to the iron is often a most useful medicine in cervical catarrh.
Various medicines have been administered internally to control the hypersecretion from the cervical glands. Such therapeutics, however, is not to be relied upon.
Any distinct pathological condition, like tuberculosis or syphilis, should, of course, receive the appropriate treatment.