Decipher writing on Service record

[Charlie24]

Could someone decipher the handwriting on this medical record for my ancestor, in particular the last columns - Diseases, Treatment and Observations?

[shanreagh]

Last one looks like

1 XXX poss  ipecac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrup_of_ipecac used to induce vomiting
2 laxa (tives?)
turpentine XXX

Turpentine was used ....Taken internally as a diuretic. Oil of Turpentine - used internally as a stimulant, to kill intestinal worms, and as a purgative. It could be used externally as a blistering agent.

These were given to him by the 'Dispentary'

[Charlie24]

Many Thanks shanreagh - very helpful!

[ShaunJ]

The disease in 1866 was Dysentery.

"Because physicians did not know what caused the disease, they treated the symptoms, often using purgatives like turpentine or castor oil, which in fact, only made the problem worse"

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/common-diseases-18th-and-19th-century#:~:text=A%20bowel%20infection%2C%20dysentery%20was,disease%20was%20not%20always%20fatal.

[shanreagh]

Aaah so what I was reading as dispentary is disentary.  yes the combo of turpentine and Syrup of Ipecac would be hard to handle