MEDICINAL TREATMENT 181 
tend to occlude the nasal passages and impede easy 
respiration. To prevent excoriation of adjacent tissues 
the nose should be anointed with boracic or zinc oint- 
ment or vaseline. 
All swabs used for this purpose must be burned, as 
nasal discharge is very infective. Inhalations of medi- 
cated steam are very useful for disinfection of the respi- 
ratory mucous membranes, and for the purpose we can 
hardly find a better agent than creolin (Jeyes’ Fluid), 
I to 2 per cent.; others have been referred to on p. 161. 
If the nasal catarrh is very acute, the nostrils may be 
sprayed with an atomiser, using any of these prepara- 
tions or an infusion of camomile. 
Laryngitis —Catarrh often extends to the larynx, the 
condition being a precursor of distemper, and mani- 
fested by a hard, dry, and often loud cough, with pain 
or tenderness in the region of the glottis. Soothing 
expectorant mixtures are prescribed. for the alleviation 
of this symptom, such as: 
PRESCRIPTION No. 2. 
B Lig. morph. hydrochlor. ... ss vee TUXXY, 
Aquz see as ad 3i, 
M. ft. mist. 
Sig. : One teaspoonful every four hours. 
PRESCRIPTION No. 3. 
BR Mist, heroin co. conc. (Hewlett) “is we Bl 
Aque ... ine Ses ad 3i. 
M. ft. mist. 
Sig. : One teaspoonful to be given every three or four hours. 
PRESCRIPTION No. 4. 
R Tinct. belladonn. the tas we Mx, 
Spt. camphorz ... aie ee we Oli. 
Glycerini i aise ad 3i. 
M. ft. mist. 
Sig. : One teaspoonful to be given every three or four hours. 
