A text-book of practical therapeutics . times a day. After using the steam inhalations the patient must not inhale forseveral hours the outdoor air if it is cold. For use with the mask or face inhaler (Fig. 109) or Denisonsinhaler (Fig. 105) the following formula is valuable in cases of chronicbronchitis with excessive cough: 3—Chloroformi f 5ss () Creosoti f Sss () Mentholis . gr. x ().—M. S.—10 drops on the inhaler every three hours. Any one of these ingredients may be used alone. Sometimes whereit is desired to liquefy tenacious bronchial mucus 10 drops of iodide ofethyl may also
A text-book of practical therapeutics . times a day. After using the steam inhalations the patient must not inhale forseveral hours the outdoor air if it is cold. For use with the mask or face inhaler (Fig. 109) or Denisonsinhaler (Fig. 105) the following formula is valuable in cases of chronicbronchitis with excessive cough: 3—Chloroformi f 5ss () Creosoti f Sss () Mentholis . gr. x ().—M. S.—10 drops on the inhaler every three hours. Any one of these ingredients may be used alone. Sometimes whereit is desired to liquefy tenacious bronchial mucus 10 drops of iodide ofethyl may also be placed on the inhaler to act as a stimulant expec-torant. The mask or Yeo inhaler must be used almost constantly ifit is to produce good results. INHALATIONS 609 Small pocket inhalers containing medicated cotton may be small glass tube is partly filled with cotton, and this is kept in placeby perforated corks fixed in either end. Any of the medicamentsnamed may be placed on this cotton, and the air inhaled through the. Fig. 109.—Yeos inhaler, made of perforated zinc bound on the edges with chamoisskin and supplied with elastic loops to go back of the ears or around the head. Ona sponge placed in the front of the inhaler is dropped the medicine to be inhaled. tube. A tube of this sort packed with crystals of menthol, and calleda Menthol Inhaler, is largely sold at present. It is of value inacute colds. A useful modification of this straight tube is that ofEvans (Fig. 110). In this apparatusjthe sponge in the bulb is wetwith the medicament.
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