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Treatment. — Inject the nasal passages by means of a mid- 

 dling-sized syringe, daily, with an infusion of "bay berry bark ; one 

 ounce of bark to a pint of boiling water ; to be set aside until 

 cool, and then strained through fine linen. The constitutional 

 remedies consist of 



Grains of paradise, "] 



Powdered marshmallows, I 



" sulphur, \ equal parts. 



" charcoal, 

 White mustard seed, J 



Dose, 1 ounce, daily. 



Half an ounce of balsam copaiba, and two drachms of sweet 

 spirits of nitre, should be given occasionally in thin gruel. 



In a case of this kind, good nutritious diet is indicated. The 

 limbs and body must be kept warm, and all exposure avoided. 



ROARING. 



Roaring is considered as a symptom of some mechanical 

 obstruction, or abnormal condition, in or about the upper respi- 

 ratory passages. " The various collected reports that have been 

 made from time to time on the state of the air passages of 

 roarers, have shown that all of them have produced the effect 

 in one of three ways, viz., either by contraction of the pas- 

 sage or its orifice ; by distortion or deformity of it ; or by ob- 

 struction within ; and this difference of causation, together with 

 the part or place in which it exists, will serve still further to 

 account for the various hinds of, or rather sounds emitted in, 

 roaring." 



Roaring is frequently occasioned by a thickening of the mem- 

 brane lining the respiratory passages, by which their calibre is 

 diminished. It often follows laryngitis, catarrh, influenza, bron- 

 chitis, &c. It is apt to follow putrid sore throat ; at such times 

 we may expect to find ulcerations of the membrane of the larynx, 

 or they may happen to be ulcerated ; and if so, there will be a 

 discharge of glairy fluid from one or both nostrils. The thyroid 

 cartilages occasionally become ossified, from the absurd practice 

 of confining a horse's head in an unnatural position, and from 

 pressure by the throat latch, which absurd practice is also apt to 

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