Excerpt from The London Lancet, 1868: A Journal of British and Foreign Medical, Surgical and Chemical Science, Criticism, Literature and NewsAnd this brings us to the consideration of those cases in which the very acute symptoms have subsided, but where yet the disease is very dis tressing and severe. It is this form which is more likely to appear before you in hospitals. Frequent desire to micturate, the forcing attend ing it, and turbidly-passed urine, are the most prominent symptoms.The general treatment must much depend u on the original cause. Opiates form the most re ia ble remedies: decoction of pariera with either, acids or alkalies, according as it is desired to check the abnormal state of the urine. In some Of the milder cases the vegetable astringents, as uva ursi and gallic acid, do good in others, the tincture of muriate of iron, with tincture of opium.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.