3124. Change of diet, and change of air, will frequently be found more beneficial than medicines.
3125. Bile, Bilious or Liver Complaints.—Abstinence from malt liquors, cool homœopathic cocoa for drink, no tea or coffee, few vegetables, and little bread; bacon in a morning, and well-cooked fresh animal food once a day.
3126. One common cause of putrid and malignant fevers is the want of cleanliness.
POULTICES.
[SEE PAGES [112], [113], AND [230], [231].]
3127. Poultices should be applied as hot as the patient can bear. Cold poultices do no good; remove them.
3128. Apple Poultice.—Apples pared, cored and well boiled, then well washed into a pulp, form a very good poultice.