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When the discharge has been freely established, opium (^\ grain) 

 or muriate of morphia {^ grain) may be given, or it may be 

 added to the agent inhaled. Cadeac combines the morphia with 

 prussic acid as follows : Morphine 25 centigrams, water of bitter 

 almonds 10 grams, water 150 grams. Dose, two or three table- 

 spoonfuls in soup or tea daily. 



It must not be forgotten that the system is being charged with 

 toxins and the products of rapid tissue change, and these must 

 be eliminated to prevent dangerous or fatal auto-poisoning. 

 This may be most safely secured by an abundant ingestion of 

 water. To this end a warm milk diet or soups will contribute. 

 Cadeac recommends a free use of an infusion of tea or coffee. If 

 these are refused, direct diuretics may be given such as nitrate of 

 potash 5 grains, or even iodide of potassium in similar amount. 

 If the patient is weak or debilitated, sweet spirits of nitre, or 

 liquor of acetate of ammonia may be substituted. 



In case of very high fever which is not lowered by the anti- 

 sepsis, and elimination, a few five grain doses of acetanilid may 

 be given. In weak conditions of the heart, on the other hand, 

 strychnia, -^-^ grain, or digitalis, J^ grain, may be given twice a 

 day. 



In the second stages of the disease and during convalescence 

 muriate of ammonia, five grains, with liquorice, five grains, will 

 prove of great value. 



For general infection Fortuna advises : essence of eucalyptus, 

 twenty grams, sterilized olive oil, eighty grams. Dose : one to 

 two cubic centimetres according to size subcutem daily, or excep- 

 tionally twice or thrice. Simultaneously he advises : Naphthol 

 B., ten grams, bismuth salicylate, six grams, pulverized sugar, 

 twenty grams. Mix and divide in fifteen. Give three to six daily. 



Finally, as in simple catarrhal bronchitis, in the advanced 

 stages, with much prostration and debility, stimulants (sweet 

 spirits of nitre, tincture of gentian, port or sherry wine), and 

 tonics (syrup or tincture of iron, liquor sodse arsenitis, echinacea, 

 or cod-liver oil) may be used. 



