_Treatment._--Aperients are exceedingly important in the early stages,
for they liberate any offending matter that may have accumulated in the
different compartments of the stomach or intestines, and deplete the
system with more certainty and less danger than blood-letting.
_Aperient for Puerperal Fever._
Rochelle salts, 4 ounces.
Manna, 2 ounces.
Extract of butternut, half an ounce.
Dissolve in boiling water, 3 quarts.
To be given at a dose.
By the aid of one or more of the following drinks, the aperient will
generally operate:--
Give a bountiful supply of hyssop tea, sweetened with honey. Keep the
surface warm.
Suppose the secretion of milk to be arrested; then apply warm
fomentations to the udder.
Suppose the bowels to be torpid; then use injections of soap-suds and
salt.