This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
In cases of intestinal obstruction dependent upon hardened faeces, full doses of the sulphate, freely diluted and given every four hours, often succeed well; sometimes the action may be favorably assisted by belladonna.
 
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