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syringe shoot a little of the following mixture well back into the throat, 

 as a gargle, several times a day ; 



No. 22. 2 Ounces chlorate of potash, 



1 Quart water. 

 Mix. 



As additional treatment, a severe case might require tracheotomy. (See 

 "Operations.") Any of the mixtures prescribed for catarrh in Section 

 I, might also be used. 



m. Bronchitis. 



This is inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the bronchial tubes, 

 which extend from the lower end of the windpipe to the lungs. 



Causes. — It may develope as the immediate consequence of exposure, 

 accompanying a common cold, or it may arise from the extension of the 

 inflammation in laryngitis or catarrh; from medicine or food going down 

 the windpipe; from inhaling hot air or smoke. 



Hew to know it. — ^There will be rapid, painfal breathing, with a slight 

 grunt at each expiration ; a deep, hard, distressing cough ; after it has run 

 a few hours, considerable fever (vill be noticed ; tlie pulse will be soft and 

 full, ranging in different cases iron", flfty to eighty per minute ; the tem- 

 perature from 103 ® to 106 *^ , as indicated by a thermometer inserted in 

 the rectum ; and while the surfuce of the body, nose, horns near the head, 

 and mouth will be hot, the tips of tlie horns, ears and legs are very likely 

 to be cold. The sufferer will not lie down. When the ear is placed to the 

 sides and front of the chest, a dry, grating sound can be heard. After two 

 or four days, the height of the disease will be reached, when the cough will 

 get softer, the pulse softer and weaker, the temperature of the body more 

 even, and when the ear is applied to the chest a mucous ral© is heard, like 

 air gurgling through water. Considerable mucus and phlegm are now 

 raised with the cough , and when the sides are tapped a resonant sound is 

 got, but not quite so distinct as in health. In a favorable case (which is 

 what we are considering), at the end of five to eight days the fever sub- 

 sides, the pulse gets fuller and' stronger, the respirations are less rapid 

 and painful, the cough diminishes, the mucus in the bronchial tubes is 

 absorbed, and the appetite and normal discharge of the functions gener- 

 ally are restored, when he may be pronounced safely convalescent. If, 

 however, it goes against him, the temperature increases, and all the symp- 

 toms are aggravated ; before long, the inflammation extends to the lungs 

 and pleura, and then we have a case of pneumonia or pleurisy and hydro- 

 thorax on hand. 



What to do. — Put him in a warm place with good ventilation, and if 

 the disease is in the first stage, that of congestion, give the following: 

 No. 23. 2 Ounces Mindererus' spirit (acetate of aiuinonia), 



20 Drojjs tincture of aconite root, 

 % Pint of water, 

 Mix. 



