This section is from the book "A Guide To Health", by Benjamin Colby. Also available from Amazon: A Guide To Health.
In all cases of internal, local inflammation, the great object to be accomplished is to equalize the circulation, which the faithful administration of full courses of medicine seldom fails to accomplish; fomentations should be applied to the part affected, of wormwood, hops and tansy, wet in vinegar. The intermediate treatment should be the spiced bitters three times a day, and composition at night, with the daily dose of injections. If costive, take two of the pills No. 2, at night. A free use should be made of a tea of slippery elm and milk porridge should be the principal article of diet. Chronic inflammations can only be cured by a proper regulation of the diet, exercise, bathing, etc.
 
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