(Aloes and cacao-butter.) Each suppository contains about five grains of purified aloes. One of these, introduced into the rectum at night, will generally procure one or two evacuations on the following day. It is not good practice to employ such a method of treatment frequently.

A piece of hard white soap cut into a conical shape, and of a suitable size, is frequently used in domestic practice to relieve the constipation of infants. The soap suppository thus prepared is carefully introduced into the rectum. The habit of a daily evacuation may be thus induced. A piece of paper rolled into a conical shape, and dipped into oil, may be used instead of the soap suppository.