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Diarrhea
The following excel- This is almost a specific in diarrhea. Dose is lent remarks on this disease are extracted 1 wine-glassful for an adult, half that quanti- , half that quantifrom Dr. Hall's Journal of Health: Cholera ty for a child will often cure diarrhea. It is nothing more than exaggerated diarrhea. can be taken 3 or 4 times a day if the case is It may be well for travelers to know that the severe. first, the most important, and the most indis- 5659. Remedy for Summer Compensable item in the arrest and cure of loose- plaint. A tea made of the seeds of the sunof the seeds of the sunness of the bowels, is absolute quietude on a flower, roasted like coffee berries, is an adcoffee berries, is an adbed; nature herself always prompts this by mirable remedy for all species of summer complaint. pint of the seed is sufficient. merely to gargle the throat; a very small It should be remembered, however, that se- quantity, swallowed, will bring on the diarrious results often follow the too sudden stoppage of diarrhea by astringents, and with this, as all remedies of a similar nature, caution should be used. rhea after it has been stopped for hours. A little water of gum-arabic may be allowed, a teaspoonful at a time; or, perhaps, lumps of