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often fails: indeed Dr. Cullen {Treat, of the Mat. Med.) says that11 rarely succeeds.

4- To reproduce the hemorrhoidal discharge aloes has been frequently^ployed in large doses. Serious affections of the head, or of otherParts, have sometimes disappeared on the occurrence of the hemorrhoidal, Ux ; and, therefore, in persons who have been subject to this discharge,pt in whom it has stopped, it is advisable to attempt its re-establishment,"tth the view of relieving other more serious disorders.

To promote the secretion of bile where a deficiency of this fluid docs1)01 arise from hepatic inflammation—as in some forms of jaundice which' lre unconnected with biliary calculi, inflammation, mechanical obstruc-ts of the ducts, &c.

6. In cerebral affections. —The compound decoction of aloes is a most'•duable stimulating purgative for elderly persons in whom a tendency0 apoplexy exists, especially in cold and phlegmatic habits. It will frc-lUently be necessary to conjoin other cathartics, as the infusion of senna.^ 1 • As an anthelmintic , a decoction of aloes, used as an enema, hasee n efficacious in the small thread-worm ( Ascaris vermicularis.)

. Administration. —On account of its nauseous taste, aloes is frequentlyj? v ’en in the form of pill ( piluhe aloetiue , offic.) One or two grains seldom

fail

to produce one stool, which seems to be merely an evacuation of

• may be supposed to have been present for the time in the greattestines (Cullen). The ordinary dose is five grains; but ten, fifteen,1 e ven twenty grains are sometimes given.

n ^ Pilule Aloes composite, L. D.; Piluhe Aloes, Ed.—Aloeshepatic, D.], powdered, gj.; Extract of Gentian , gss.; Oil of Caraw ay,55 : • s j™p- as much as may be sufficient, L. D. Beat them togetherf ft incorporated. The addition of syrup is unnecessary and improper,° r the aloes and extract react on each other, and become so soft, thatt unfrequently some powder is necessary to give the mass a properr,s istence (Dr. Duncan, Edinb. Dispensat.) The Edinburgh College(j C equal parts of Aloes (Socotrine, fine East Indian, or Barbadoes ) andj^tile Soap, and a sufficiency of the Conserv e of Red Roses. This pilla valuable purgative in habitual costiveness. Dose five to fifteen(fains.

pj*- Pilule Aloes cum Myrrha, L. D.; Pilulce Aloes et Myrrha,p\' > Piluhe Rufi, offic.—Aloes [hepatic, D. Socotrine or East Indian,[l ']) gij. [four parts, Ed.) ; Saffron [one part, Ed.), Myrrh , of each Sj.

0 parts, Ed.) ; Syrup [Conserve of Red Roses, Ed.) , as much as may) Efficient. Rub the aloes and the myrrh separately to powder; then(.i^t the whole together until incorporated. Used as a purgative in° r °sis and amenorrhcea, Dose ten to tw r enty grains,j Pilulje Aimes et Asafcetidje, Ed.—Aloes (Socotrine or East^ffian), Asafcetida, and Castile Soap, equal parts. Beat them, withanserve of Red Roses, into a proper pill mass. Used in dyspepsiaa-'nded with flatulence and costiveness. Dose, ten to twenty grains.j> 4 ; Pilulm Aloes et Ferri, E.—Sulphate of Iron, grs. xxxvj.;u ffiadoes Aloes, grs. xxiv.; Aromatic Powder, grs. lxx.; Conserve ofHoses, grs. c. Pulverize the aloes and sulphate of iron separately;* the wdiole ingredients, and beat them into a proper mass, which is