If Justice Philips' costivehead Some frigid rhymes disburses; They shall like Persian tales be read, And glad both babes and nurses.
I should here, however, mention, that the said few words of a pact was the costive product overnight of no small endeavour between me and Mr Dinton as well as him.
This organ also suffers from anxiety of mind, a sedentary life, or a costive habit; from these and other causes it becomes weakened, irritable, and incapable of digesting the most simple food.
The patient also complains of palpitation, a costive habit, cold feet and legs, &c.
Apples and pears, when ripe and well masticated, are not unwholesome; and the apple when baked affords a pleasant repast, and where there is a costive habit, it is useful as a laxative.
If the bowels be costive small laxative doses of Dr.
All these facts have been proved before your Lordships by costive and unwilling witnesses.
When a child has costive bowels, there is nothing better for his breakfast than well-made and well-boiled oatmeal stir-about, which ought to be eaten with milk fresh from the cow.
They irritate beyond measure the tender bowels of an infant, and only make him more costive afterwards, they interfere with his digestion, and are liable to give him cold.
Such fruits, if the bowels be in a costive state, will be particularly useful.
His song was only living aloud, His work, a singing with his hand!
In chronic diseases of the digestive organs, very frequently, there is an inactive, orcostive condition of the alimentary canal.
Two tablets four times a day, when associated with white costive stools and depression of spirits.
Wheatmeal blancmange, or cold milk pudding may occasionally be eaten those who are costive will find a boiled onion or some braized onions very useful.
An egg may be taken at this meal by those luxuriously inclined, and if not of a costive habit.
The patient, before the approach of labor, ought to take particular care to have the bowels gently opened, as during that state a costive state greatly increases her sufferings, and lengthens the period of her labor.
A costive state of the bowels is common in pregnancy; a mild laxative is therefore occasionally necessary.
Next Day, the 21st, her Blood appeared very sizy, and she complained of having been costive for some Days.
To begin to suspect my health immediately when I begin to become costive and bound, and by all means to keep my body loose, and that to obtain presently after I find myself going the contrary.
Since I lessened my Drink I have been much morecostive than I was before, and have for two years past freed myself from a Diarrhoea.
Constipation is increased incostive habits--and Diarrhoea in such as are subject thereto--and all Chronic complaints are exasperated, especially in persons past the age of 35 years.
I have been much more costive than I was before, when I lived more fully, and took more Exercise, and have greatly, for my age, recovered the paralytic weakness I was seized with three years ago.
Much needless alarm is often felt by persons on account of a costive state of the bowels.
If the patient was costive previous to the attack, and the dysentery came on without much looseness, Nux Vomica should be given alternately with Mercurius cor.
If the bowels are costive they must be regulated either by means of enemas of warm water, or what may prove of greater and more lasting benefit is the use of Femina laxative tablets.
If the bowels are costive and if the stomach is sour and feels oppressed, prescription No.
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