In dyspepsia, attended with costiveness and acidity, taken an hour before dinner.
To soften indurated faeces, and in costiveness arising from deficiency of bile.
By the same writers it is also supposed that there is an obstinate costiveness and continual vomiting.
Habitual costivenessis often followed by diarrhea from the irritation which the hardened feces excite.
Elecampane is specifically curative of a sharp pain affecting the right elbow joint, and recurring daily; also of a congestive headache coming on through costiveness of the lowest bowel.
Let me again urge the importance of a lady, during the whole period of pregnancy, being particular as to the state of her bowels, as costiveness is a fruitful cause of painful, tedious and hard labors.
Rubbing turpentine daily into the swollen joints is useful, but attention to the general health is of the greatest consequence--such as counteracting costiveness in the bowels, &c.
Costiveness of the bowels, if not counteracted, may end in serious consequences.
After taking his opium for a long time, such a degree of costiveness would sometimes supervene, as seemed almost to defy the combined powers of both nature and art.
He should be guarded against Costiveness by a soft relaxing Diet, or by Glysters, and bathe his Legs once a Day in warm Water.
Some Species of Cholics; irregular Stools which are sometimes very great in Quantity, and too liquid for many Days together; after which an obstinateCostiveness ensues.
All that is to be done, is to administer a strong emetic, obviate costiveness by castor oil, and give the tonic balls with opium.
Loss of the contractile power of the sphincters of the bladder and rectum, sometimes attends this disease, and involuntary evacuations are constantly taking place, or costiveness and retention are the consequences.
The best means, however, of preventing costiveness in dogs, as well as in men, is regular exercise.
When medicines become necessary to obviate that kind of costiveness which arises from imperfect intestinal contraction, physicians usually administer rhubarb, aloes, and similar laxatives, combined with tonics.
It is generally attended with costiveness and emaciation.
Costiveness from increased action of the intestinal absorbents.
But these medicines differ from the preceding class, as they neither induce costiveness nor deep coloured urine in their usual dose, nor intoxication in any dose.
On this account milk seldom agrees with those, who are subject to piles, by inducing costiveness and large stools.
I returned home to my friends at the close of the term well, and have been well ever since--have never had a colic pain or any costiveness since that time.
With me much less aperient; indeed, costiveness became a very serious and distressing accompaniment.
The costiveness that accompanies convalescence may be best met by aromatic aperients; and the general tone of the habit restored by stimulating tonics and the shower bath.
The above are tonic, stomachic, and gently laxative; extremely useful for obviating costiveness and giving tone to the stomach and bowels.
The above is a very valuable purgative in habitual costiveness and indigestion, in all cases in which the use of aloes is not contra-indicated.
Piles are principally occasioned by costiveness and cold; and, occasionally, by the use of acrid food.
It may be given with benefit to dyspeptics, unless costiveness accompanies the dyspepsia.
The author prefers to use the term costiveness for the general debased condition of the system from auto-intoxication depending upon proctitis and similar conditions of the intestinal tract.
The words constipation, obstipation and costivenessare often employed as if of exactly similar meaning, but it is well to let each stand for a particular condition.
The progressive destruction of these rootlets, involving the pathological change indicated, will be manifest in one of its results, eithercostiveness or diarrhea.
Of course the secretory and excretory glands of the colon also suffer, and we then have costiveness resulting from lack of absorption and excretion.
If costiveness is suspected to be symptomatic of some derangement, then a restoration of the general health will establish the lost function of the bowels.
Costiveness often arises from the absorption of the fluids from the solids in their slow progress through the intestines; exercise will then be indicated.
Costiveness is often the case of flatulent and spasmodic colic, and often of inflammation of the bowels.
Whenever costiveness occurs in dropsy, the following laxative may be given:-- Wormwood, 2 ounces.
Internally counteract costiveness and remove intestinal irritants by the same means as in eczema, and follow this with one-half ounce doses daily of hyposulphite of soda, and one-half ounce doses of gentian.
If the costiveness is not relieved by the laxative diet, give an enema of about a quart of warm water three or four times a day.
Violent straining may be checked by full doses of opium (one-half dram), and any costiveness or diarrhea should be obviated by a suitable laxative or binding diet.
Costiveness must be guarded against; and if at any time the secretions from the bowels indicate the presence of derangement, the medical attendant must be applied to, that appropriate remedies may without delay be exhibited.
And a parent is only justified in giving aperient medicine, when any deviation from these conditions exists; and only then, when what may be called healthycostiveness is present, viz.
Costiveness of the bowels may frequently be removed by changing the food to tops and bottoms steeped in hot water, and a small quantity of milk added, or prepared barley,--mixed in warm water and unboiled milk.
All these points must be sedulously observed, and upon the principles laid down in the various chapters upon these subjects, if habitual costiveness is expected to be overcome.
The same food that agrees perfectly well with one child will frequently cause costiveness in another.
I feel assured, however, that some children are more troubled with costiveness than others, from the simple but important circumstance of their not being early taught the habit of relieving the bowels daily, and at a certain hour.
Yet the Professor adds that on the third day a costiveness came on, which was removed by giving each calf three ounces of Epsom salts.
Costiveness is nearly always in some degree present in the dog.
Costiveness will sometimes produce such violent pain that alarm is created, and dogs have been destroyed under the idea that they were rabid.
The belly during distemper mostly appears tucked up and small; the intestines, even when costiveness exists, are seldom loaded, but all except the rectum may feel empty.
The agony caused by costiveness is greater than in any other affection to which the dog is liable.
If a more than usual disposition to costiveness be observed, twice a week a meal of liver, chopped very fine, is allowed; but even this should be given only after there is absolute proof of its necessity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "costiveness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
