Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . za iswell established, the time of treatment varies from one to sevendays, perhaps longer, or chronic catarrh may follow. Manymembers of the dominant school claim that coryza must run itscourse, and that little or nothing can be done after its thoroughestablishment. This does not accord with our experience. Prognosis.—The prognosis is generally good. In infantsand in the aged and debilitated, acute nasal catarrh mayterminate fatally. Treatment.—The treatment is both abortive and the first stage, during sn
Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . za iswell established, the time of treatment varies from one to sevendays, perhaps longer, or chronic catarrh may follow. Manymembers of the dominant school claim that coryza must run itscourse, and that little or nothing can be done after its thoroughestablishment. This does not accord with our experience. Prognosis.—The prognosis is generally good. In infantsand in the aged and debilitated, acute nasal catarrh mayterminate fatally. Treatment.—The treatment is both abortive and the first stage, during sneezing, tingling, burning, and dry-. FiG. 19.—BuROESS Atomizers. (To be nsed either by hand or by attaching to an air-compressor, which se€.) ness in the nose, pain and tired feeling in the muscles of theneck, a compressible pulse, general lassitude, especially if theweather be warm, moist, and relaxing, nothing seems soeffectual in checking the progress of the cold as gelsemium;although it has a rival in quillaia, especially for cold contractedduring warm, damp weather. When there are sneezing, ma-laise, thirst, dry lips, congested conjunctiv{«, aching in the backand limbs, and full pulse, aconite proves abortive, in a largenumber of cases. With sudden fullness of the nasal passagesand little sneezing, and an intense burning in the nasal canals,camphor acts promptly. This drug may be used internally, orinhaled from the hands. Menthol may be inhaled from crystalsheated in boiling water, but a more efficient method is to employ CORYZA ACUTE NASAL CATARRH ACUTE RHINITIS. 29 a fluid cosmoliii, vaselin, or albolene spra
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