The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-09

7 way of exDelling morbid secretions in the
a1r passages, but sometimes the pain is
| so severe that it prevents cough from
the dread of the pain. In this case an
anodyne, like opium, will do good if not
given in too large a dose but if given
in too large a dose it checks the cough
while ii deadens the pain, and the NOR
plhc secretions accumulate in the lungs
causing suffocation, or possibly degener-
aung and forming pus, and perhaps sup
Duration, or even gangrene of the parts
with which 1t is in contact. Bear this
in mind in all cases where there is pain.
in most cases the patient and friends
think that man the best doctor who re.
lleVes pain quickly, but the one who does
SO more slowly often follows the safer
course, and is far more likely to con-
duct the case to a successful issue.
Perhaps case of collie illustrates this
principle better than any ether The
common popular practice and one that
many physicians follow is to give an ano-
dyne. say opium, at once, in full doses,
to relieve the pain. But this pain al
though it seems the chief factor is really
only symptom, and in relieving the
symptom the cause still remains to
arouse pain again when the enect Of the
drug has passed away. In this case the
first indication is to expel the irritating
matter which eXcites the collie. Nature
AAOAoCAI usually dIl6IlplS lIlS DY the
diarrhoea which follows the eating Of
Irritating food and the doctor orders
cathartic, say castor OIL to help nature
for one of the first elements of medicine
Is to recognize the Wis lnedicatrix or heal
ing power of nature and to assist this
curative power rather than combat it.
Then anodynes may be given, for another
peculiar thing about natures healing
power is, that she is apt TO carry things
far and she padc OH
and a curb bit.
In case of collie the treatment might
be as follows. First, give a dose of
castor oil and in an hour or two follow
this by: Chloroform, 2 drachms; tincture
of capsicum, drachms; aromatic sui
phuric acid, 4 drachms; spirit Of
camphor, drachms; deodorized tncture
of opium, drachms; brandy, sufficient to
make ounces. The dose is a teaspoon
full, repeated in or hours if required
In addition fill a hot water bottle and Law
it across the bowels, as heat anu pressure
relieve this spasmodic pain. Or sprinkle
a little tincture of capsicum on a flannel
bandage wrung out in hot water and
apply this tightly around the abdomen
Pain in the chest indicates Inflammation
of the lungs or other parts, if it is with
in the chest, but it is often difficult even
for an expert physician to distinguish
the cause of chest pains, since the pain
may be in the chest walls. In nfamma-
ton Of the internal walls, however, there
IS usually more rapid breathing, and the
pulse rate is increased, if the inffamma-
ton is acute, and by pressing between
the ribs there is severe pain which is
more or less limited in area. Chronic in
Illumination may, however, cause pain
which might be confused with intercostaI
neuralgia, or muscular rheumatism. In
consumption, for example, there is often
dull ache, just above the collar bone.
which Is due to disease of the apex of
the lung the tissue having become cal
Ioused. as it WERE by natures curative
methods
1ntercostal neuralgia is one of the most
uncomfortable diseases that can af1ict
man or bother a doctor. A more or less
severe paroxysmal pain affects the side
as rule in the region Of the heart and
perhaps radiates into the arms and nack
occurring in nervous people, with a NOR.
DID fear that they have all sorts Of dis
eases, this pain excites their belief that
they nave some heart disease, and they
live in constant dread that their doom 90
sealed. Yet few chronic heart diseases
are accompanied by pain, and then n is
constant, if it does occur. In -intercostaI
neuralgia the pain is intermittent. com
Ing on after exposure to cold. long eyer
ton or fatigue
Remember, too, that neuralgia pain is
not due to acute Inflammation, but is. as