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more effective. A pinch put into a small piece of paper twisted 

 at one end to prevent burning of the fingers may be set fire to 

 and the fumes allowed to pervade the appartment so that they can 

 be breathed freely without inducing cough. A mustard poultice 

 to the neck and sides of the chest should also be applied and kept 

 on an hour or until effusion into the skin is well marked \iy thick- 

 ening of its substance. Injections of warm water should be given 

 alike to check or obviate shivering and to equalize the general 

 temperature and to solicit the action of the bowels. In sporadic 

 casss with active fever and full strong pulse a laxative dose of 

 aloes (3 to 4 drachms) may be given, but if with a low fever and 

 during the prevalence of influenza not more than half the dose 

 should be given or enemata alone ma\' be relied upon. As soon 

 as the medicine has .set or at once if it is withheld, neutral salts 

 may be given (Liquor Ammonise Acetatis 2 oz. or Sweet Spirits 

 of Nitre i oz. or nitrate of potass ^ oz. combined with 10 drops 

 tincture of aconite repeated twice or thrice daily). If the cough 

 is troublesome and secretion long in being established, expector- 

 ants ma}' bs used (oxymel of squill 3 oz., powdered squill J,^ oz. 

 or liquorice i drachm) with half the doses of the neutral salts. 



In the early stages to hasten expectoration such preparations as 

 the following may be given : 



Recipe: Potas. Bicarb. 2 ounces; Ammon. Carb. 2 ounces; 

 Digitalis Pulv. 2 drams. Mix. Divide into eight powders : give 

 one every four hours. 



Recipe : Ammon. Murias. 2 ounces ; Choral. Hydrat. i ounce ; 

 Tinct. Hyoscam. 2 fluid ounces; Aqua 8 fluid ounces. Mix. 

 Give two tablespoonfuls ever}- four hours. 



Apomorphia, tartar emetic, turpentine or benzoin may be em- 

 ployed or even pilocarpin, care being taken not to increase pros- 

 tration unduly. Compre.ssed air, oxygen and peroxide of 

 hydrogen will sometimes relieve. 



With the advent of expectoration, or earlier, iodide of potassium 

 in one drachm dose, thrice a daj- will do much to obviate gland- 

 ular and other enlargement which would tend to develop 7-oaring. 



The diet should be laxative, non-stimulating and somewhat 

 spare. Mashes of wheat bran, boiled linseed or boiled barley ; 

 roots such as turnips, carrots, beets ; in summer a limited supply 

 of fresh grass, with little hay at any time and that scalded, may 



