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Treatment of Asthma

Re-nel on the throat and chest, and in very lief is often obtained by smoking a pipe of severe cases 3 to 5 drops on a lump of sugar tobacco. To a person unaccustomed to smok- may be taken inwardly. Every family should ing, a pipe of latakia, or other mild descrip- have a bottle of turpentine on hand. tion of tobacco; this soon produces exhaus- 5628. To Prevent a Return of Croup. tion, while, directly the feeling of nausea To prevent a return of this disorder, keep the comes on, the attack ceases. This remedy is child warm, avoid wet feet, cold, damp, often very useful in preventing an attack easterly winds, &c. Children whose constituwhen one is impending. Stronger tobacco tions dispose them to croup ought to have should be used by inveterate smokers. The their diet properly regulated, and be kept fumes of burning filtering or blotting-paper, from all crude, raw, and trashy fruits. which has been soaked in a saturated solution 5629. Mumps. This is a specific conof nitre, and dried, afford much relief in some cases (see No. 5619); and, lastly, there are instances where palliation is soonest obtained from a stimulant, as a glass of whiskey or brandy toddy, or a cup of very strong coffee.

A mustard poultice over the front of the chest is often effective. Sometimes an attack may be arrested by taking off the patient's coat and vest, and exposing his back to the heat of a good fire. (See No. 5764.)