84 INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES. 

 RECIPE (No. 26). 



Take — Extract of belladonna, one drachm ; 

 Aloes, one drachm ; 

 Calomel, a scruple ; 

 Tartar-emetic, half a drachm : 

 Make into a ball with linseed meal and honey, and give night and 

 morning. 



The throat should be blistered, and the counter- 

 irritation may be carried down the front of the neck. 

 If the case is more than usually severe, a seton ought 

 to be inserted under the jaws. Under any circum- 

 stances the nose-bag with deal shavings should be 

 employed as directed for sore throat, and the general 

 mode of treatment pointed out in the previous affec- 

 tion should in this disease be followed. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



BRONCHITIS INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIAL 



TUBES. 



This disease consists of inflammation of the mem- 

 brane lining the air-passages of the lungs; and is 

 generally accompanied by a similar state of the wind- 

 pipe and the larynx. It is produced by the same 

 causes as a common cold ; and not unfrequently is the 

 extension of inflammation from the throat downwards. 

 It is a very insidious disease ; though sometimes it may 

 be slight, and free from danger. It frequently creeps 

 on so gradually that it fails to attract the attention until 



