Evacuation

... it may be laid down as a general rule, with very few exceptions, to commence the plan of cure by emptying the stomach and bowels by varied means suited to the case, for even diarrhoea is not an unequivocal proof that purging is not necessary; ass indigested sordes, or indurated faeces, may occassion it.

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Practical Observations on Insanity, p. 54.