It takes a long time in some instances to cure a chronic case, but if persevered in, these remedies will not be likely to fail.[2]
[2] NOTE.--The late Prof. Morrow was remarkably successful, and became justly celebrated for curing hard cases of Leucorrhoea ulceration and "Prolapsus uteri."
Almost his entire reliance in their treatment were the _Macrotys_ and _Caulophyllum_, given internally and by injection upon the parts. He gave the Macrotys in the form of tincture every day to the extent of producing specific head symptoms when he discontinued it till the next day, using the Caulophyllum in the meantime in small doses. He rarely if ever failed.
The most efficient and certain remedy for this symptom is _Macrotin_. It should be taken at the first attenuation, a dose before rising in the morning, and one every six hours during the day, as long as the sickness is troublesome. It will generally relieve in a few days. If the stomach is sour use _Pulsatilla_ with the _Macrotin_.
As a _preparation for labor_, a dose (one grain) of _Macrotin_ at the first attenuation given in the morning, and the same of _Caulophyllin_ at evening, is of great service.
Whatever others may think or say in relation to any preparatory treatment for labor, I have reason to know as well as anything in medicine be known, that patients treated as here directed, pass through labor much quicker, frequently in one-fourth the usual time. Their sufferings are comparatively trifling, and the length of time for recovery to ordinary health after labor is abridged from three-fourths to nine-tenths that of former labors. I am quite confident that the medicines produced this difference.
For _irregularity of labor pains_, and for distressing _after pains_, the _Caulophyllin_ is specific.
During labor it should be given at the 2d attentuation in about half grain doses, every half hour, until the pains are regular. Two or three doses at most, and generally one will suffice.
For the after pains it may be given in alternation with _Ipecac_ or _Aconite_ if there is flooding, or with _Pulsatilla_ when the flooding is not troublesome, a dose once in half an hour, until the pains are checked.
For _Rigidity_ of the soft parts and severe, _retarded and long protracted labor_, where the pains are strong and irregular, and great pain and exhaustion is experienced on account of the unyielding condition of the parts, _Lobelia Inflata_ given in drop doses of the tr. in water, once in twenty minutes, in alternation with _Caulophyllin_ as above directed, will in a short time produce the proper condition of the parts, while they render the pains stronger, regular and progressive.