_Bowel, Lower, Descent of._ The protruded part having been carefully washed, should be replaced by gentle pressure with the hand: should there be any difficulty in doing this, the forefinger well oiled should be pushed up into the anus; and it will, unless the parts be greatly swollen, carry the protruded part in with it. The patient should then remain quiet for some hours in a recumbent posture, and apply cloths saturated with Decoction of Galls (147), or Babúl Bark (9), holding Alum (25*) in solution. Subsequently enemas of the above solutions, or others containing Sulphate of Iron (179), act usefully in constringing the parts and preventing a return of the accident. In weak, debilitated subjects, Confection of Pepper (300) proves very serviceable. The bowels should be kept open by mild aperients, of which Sulphur and Cream of Tartar (344) is by far the best. All straining at stool should be carefully avoided. A person subject to this accident should wear a pad to keep the parts up. _Chronic Descent of the Bowel in Children_ may be frequently cured by making the child, when at stool, sit on a seat sufficiently high, so that its feet cannot touch the ground or have other support. (Dr. Aitchison.) _Bowels, Spasmodic, and other Painful Affections of._ Mild cases generally yield to Omum Water (318*), Lemon Grass Oil (216), or the Infusions of Ginger (155), Dill Seeds (134), or Cloves (105), with or without a single dose of Opium (284). Severe cases require the repetition of the Opium (284) in Omum Water, &c., together with either Hot Water Fomentations (393), Mustard Poultices (251), or Turpentine Stupes (362) externally to the abdomen; followed in protracted cases by an enema of Turpentine (364), or Asafœtida (36). In all cases a dose of Castor Oil is advisable when the pain has abated. _In Children._ See _Colic_. _For Irregularity of the Bowels_, try Bael Sherbet (45); _in that of Children_, Decoction of Kariyát Leaves (193). _Constipation of._ See _Constipation_. _Bleeding from._ See _Hæmorrhage_. _Breast, Abscess of, in Women._ See _Milk Abscess_. _Breathing, Difficulty of, occurring without evident cause or in connection with a cold_, sometimes yields to Camphor and Asafœtida Pills (70), and Turpentine Stupes (362), or Mustard Poultices (247) to the chest. Great relief, especially in the case of children, is often derived from external application of Betal Leaves (48), or bags of hot salt. See also _Cough_.