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be more assiduously steamed and linseed tea may advantageously 

 replace fresh water as a beverage. If there is much swelling and 

 tenderness of the glands a poultice should be applied to the 

 throat and between the jaws, and sulphur fumes as advised above, 

 or anodyne astringent insufiQation powder may be resorted to. 

 Morphia chlorate two grains, bismuth nitrate, six drachms and 

 finely powdered gum arable three drachms may be blown into the 

 nostril during inspiration, or the astringent anodyne injection 

 advised below for chronic catarrh may be used. As introductory 

 to astringent and antiseptic injection, spray, or snuff, the passages 

 may be cleared of their muco-purulent coating by an alkaline 

 solution such as Dobell's : — Sodii bicarbonatii i drachm, sodii 

 biboratis i drachm, acidi carbolici ^ drachm, aquae i pint, mix. 

 This may be injected through a tube syphon into each nostril in 

 turn, or it may be applied in the form of spray. When the sur- 

 face has been cleansed in this way, the astringent antiseptic 

 dressings reach and act on all parts uniformly and more effectively. 

 Cocaine spray (2 : 100) with anti-pyrine (5 : 100) is often very 

 helpful, or the same agent may be used in the liquid form on 

 cotton wool inserted in the nasal chamber. If this is without 

 effect a weak continuous current of electricity will cause con- 

 striction and give prompt relief. It may be repeated every few 

 hours. In the absence of this, the emanations from a weak solu- 

 tion of ammonia or from carbonate of ammonia may be used. 

 In cases with excessive and persistent muco-purulent discharge, 

 with presumptive infection from outside sources, or in the young, 

 from the diseased maternal passages, insufBation with calomel, 

 painting with a two grains to the ounce solution of nitrate of 

 silver, or injection with some other germicide may be resorted to. 

 In case the fever is of a low type, liquor of the acetate of am- 

 monia (4 ozs. ), sal-ammoniac (JS^ oz.), or even carbonate of am- 

 monia (3^ oz.), may be given several times a day, with sweet 

 spirits of nitre ( ^ oz. ) and tincture of gentian ( i oz. ) Alco- 

 holic stimulants are often used. Inhalations of iodine and iodide 

 of potassium with ether and chloroform are often successful. 



