COLD. 183 



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:inds hims -If unavoidably < 



iffice, A 



of any symptom 



in- aconi iiandy : i 



an hour or t\vo sending for it, the opportunity for H 

 "\Ylirn the. patient has caught odd and is sulI'iTing from persist-. -nt BJ 



From three to five drops of t! 

 Hiiarter of an hour on sugar, or the camphor pilules may be used. 



tkea place, and warmth is restored, the camphor should b, 

 onite substituted. 



When symptoms of inflammation of any special organ h::\ 



anee, the drug indicated for this complication may be given in alternation with 

 aconite. Thus phosphorus may be given for pneumonia, belladonna for cong' 

 and inflammation of the brain or throat, l>ryony for rheumatism or him' 

 F,O on. As soon as t"ie symptom indicating aconite has disappeared or become 

 subi i be administration of that drug may 1 '"d. 



"\Yhen the cold has settled on the chest, bryony (Pr. 49) is an admirable remedy. 

 1 when there are heat, pains, and soreness behind the breast-bone, 

 ai i an irritative, shaking cough with scanty expectoration. This kind of cold 

 occurs in elderly people at the beginning and end of the winter, in conjunction 

 with of the nose, limning from the eyes, and derangement of the stoi.. 



,y may follow aconite, or may be given alone. 



mica (Pr. -14) is useful for a stuiiy cold, and for violent coughs with 

 little or no expectoration. Ipecacuanha (Pr. 50) is of value where there is much 

 sneezing. 



There are other remedies, which are useful when aconite has not been empl<> 

 or the more acute symptoms have passed away. Thus small doses of arsenic (P: 

 succeed, admirably in some cases. A two ounce dose of the iodide of potassium 

 mixture (Pr. 32), taken every night at bed-time for three or four nights, will often cure 

 a cold in the head, especially when there is much running from the eyes and nose. 

 is an excellent remedy for deafness arising from cold. It does very little good 

 when the cold has settled on the chest. Inhalations of iodine often do good in 

 coryza. A table-spoonful of the tincture of iodine should be put in a jug of boiling 

 I the vapour inhaled. Eight or ten chlorate of potash lozenges a day will 

 sometimes arrest a cold ; but this is not one of our best remedies. 



A c')ld in the head may often be speedily cured by the use of a snuff made as 

 follows : 



Take of Hydrochlornte of morphia, two grains, 

 Acacia powder, two drachms, 

 Subnitrate of bismuth, six drachms. Mix. 



Of this powder, from a quarter to a half may be taken as snuff in the course of 

 the twenty-four hours. Its employment should be commenced as soon as the 



