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HINTS TO TRAVELLERS. 
Ulceration of the Throat. 
Gargle with a weak antiseptic solution such as permanganate of potash 
or chinosol. An astringent gargle may be made by dissolving five grains 
or more of tannin in two ounces of hot water. Sulphate of iron can be 
used for the same purpose, two grains or more to an ounce of water. If 
there is much pain, apply poultices to throat. 
If due to syphilis give one grain of calomel and three grains of iodide 
of potassium, twice a day, in addition to the local treatment. 
Bronchitis , or inflammation of the tranches of the windpipe. 
Symptoms. —When bronchitis exists, there is a good deal of coughing 
—at first dry, but afterwards accompanied by frothy expectoration— 
with a sensation of rawness and tenderness at the upper part of the 
breastbone. 
Treatment .—In the early stages of this condition, opium in some form 
or other will be found beneficial, and will often cut short an, attack; 
for this purpose, ten grains of Dover’s powder, or fifteen to twenty 
minims of chlorodyne, may be given every eight hours for twenty-four 
hours, and then be gradually diminished. 
If the breathing is difficult, poultices should be applied to the chest, 
and ipecacuanha, half to two grains, and ammonia, should be given three 
times a day. 
Inhalation of steam often gives great relief; and the effect is much 
improved if thirty drops of Friar’s balsam are added to a pint of hot 
water. 
In tropical climates even an ordinary feverish cold very often tends to 
become malarial in character, therefore the use of quinine, in addition 
to the other treatment, is usually desirable, and five grains may be given 
twice a day. 
Pleurisy , or inflammation of the membrane covering the lung. 
This is more a disease of cold climates, and is usually the result of chill 
following severe exertion. 
Symptoms .—Pleurisy is accompanied by less fever and general sickness 
than pneumonia; its characteristic symptom is the “ stitch in the side,” 
