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Part 9
And from the same mode of reasoning, applying the opposite rule
to melancholic persons, we must purge them freely downward.
Part 10
In very acute diseases, if matters be in a state of orgasm, we
may purge on the first day, for it is a bad thing to procrastinate
in such cases.
Part 11
Those cases in which there are tormina, pains about the umbilicus,
and pains about the loins, not removed either by purgative medicines
or otherwise, usually terminate in dry dropsy.
Part 12
It is a bad thing to purge upward in winter persons whose bowels
are in a state of lientery.
Part 13
Persons who are not easily purged upward by the hellebores, should
have their bodies moistened by plenty of food and rest before taking
the draught.
Part 14
When one takes a draught of hellebore, one should be made to move
more about, and indulge less in sleep and repose. Sailing on the sea
shows that motion disorders the body.
Part 15
When you wish the hellebore to act more, move the body, and when
to stop, let the patient get sleep and rest.
Part 16
Hellebore is dangerous to persons whose flesh is sound, for it
induces convulsion.
Part 17
Anorexia, heartburn, vertigo, and a bitter taste of the mouth,
in a person free from fever, indicate the want of purging upward.
Part 18
Pains seated above the diaphragm indicate purging upward, and
those below it, downward.
Part 19
Persons who have no thirst while under the action of a purgative
medicine, do not cease from being purged until they become thirsty.
Part 20
If persons free from fever be seized with tormina, heaviness of
the knees, and pains of the loins, this indicates that purging downward
is required.
Part 21
Alvine dejections which are black, like blood, taking place spontaneously,
either with or without fever, are very bad; and the more numerous
and unfavorable the colors, so much the worse; when with medicine
it is better, and a variety of colors in this case is not bad.