Indications of Cure.—To tone up the stomach and other organs,—by which means the food is prevented from running into fermentation,—and administer vermifuges. The following are good examples:—

Oil of wormseed,1 tea-spoonful.
Powdered assafœtida,30 grains

To be given every morning, fasting. Two doses will generally suffice.

Another.

Powdered mandrake,half a table-spoonful.
Powdered Virginia snakeroot,1 tea-spoonful.

Divide into four doses, and give one every night, in honey.

Another.

Make an infusion of the sweet fern, (comptonea asplenifolia,) and give an occasional drink, followed by an injection of the same.

Another.

Powdered golden seal,half a table-spoonful.
Common brown soap,1 ounce.