In case of severe dyspnea, the following has been recommended: (185) Solut. Oxycamphora Alco hol. (50 per cent.)......... 10. (21⁄2 dr.) Also beneficial in dyspneic attacks is the following: Tr. Lobeliæ.. ... Ft. cum saccharo albo massa. Dr. ad. capsulas tal. dos. No. XII. Two or three capsules at a dose, two or three times a day. A sensitive bronchial mucous membrane may be mechanically highly irritated by foreign substances suspended in the air, and in asthmatic subjects the conditions give rise to a certain form named hay-asthma. Pneumo-therapy should first be tried, but if no improvement ensues patient may have to remove to another climate, where the air is purer and the surroundings as hygienic as possible. Menthol-chloroform inhalations or spraying of the nasal mucous membrane with suprarenal extract, with or without local anesthetics, is often of benefit. Among therapeutic agents used as palliatives we will only mention those most in vogue. Compound stramonium cigarettes are handy and sometimes effective enough. They generally consist of stramonium and lobelia leaves rolled into cigarettes with tissue-paper soaked in saturated solution of salt-peter (potassium nitrate) and tincture of belladonna. Sometimes the smoking of a good Havana in the begining of a paroxysm will be of benefit. Formula for stramonium cigarettes: (170) Fol. Stramonii, The ideal safe family laxative, known as SYRUP OF FIGS is a product of the California Fig Syrup Co., and derives its laxative principles from senna, made pleasant to the taste and more acceptable to the stomach, by being combined with pleasant aromatic syrups and the juice of figs. It is recommended by many of the most eminent physicians, and used by millions of families with entire satisfaction. It has gained its great reputation with the medical profession by reason of the acknowledged skill and care exercised by the California Fig Syrup Co. in securing the laxative principles of the senna by an original method of its own, and presenting them in the best and most convenient form. The California Fig Syrup Co. has special facilities for commanding the choicest qualities of Alexandria senna, and its chemists devote their entire attention to the manufacture of the one product. The name-Syrup of Figs-means to the medical profession "the family laxative, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.," and the name of the Company is a guarantee of the excellence of its product. Informed of the above facts, the careful physician will know how to prevent the dispensing of worthless imitations when he recommends or prescribes the original and gennine-Syrup of Figs. It is well known to physicians that-Syrup of Figs is a SIMPLE, SAFE and RELIALE laxative, which does not irritate or debilitate the organs on which it acts, and, being pleasant to the taste, it is especially adapted to ladies and children, al hough generally applicable in all cases. Special investigation of the profession invited. Syrup of Figs is never sold bulk. It retails at Fifty Cents per bottle and the name-SYRUP OF FIGS-as well as the name of the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., is printed on the wrappers and labels of every bottle. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N. Y. 12. (3 dr.) Div. in partes æquales No. vi e quibus ope folior. Stramonii candelæ fumant. form. Dr. stanno foliat. abduct. Candles for fumigating purposes. When suspicion of nasal asthma exists, spraying of the nasal cavities with 5 per cent. solution of cocaine of B-eucaine leads to good results. In laryngeal asthma-also in other forms-inhaling repeatedly of pure carbon-dioxide gas for ten minutes has proved to be of great service. The sovereign palliative in most forms of asthma is doubtless morphine and its derivatives, especially in combination with atropine. Hypodermically 0.015 to 0.02 (to grn.) of morphine sulphate with 0.0004 (1-150 grn.) of atropine sulphate will generally give instant relief. Bimeconate of morphine, 0.015 (grn.) per os leads also to rapid effects in a paroxysm. Here, also, the combination with atropine is highly indicated. The physician should always bear in mind the possibility of narcotic intoxication and never administer opiates when other means may prove sufficient. Neither should the patient himself be instructed with the administration of morphine or similar narcotics. When the heart is in reliable condition, and this must always be ascertained, chloral hydrate may be administered with good results. (172) Chloral. Hydrate...... Aq. Dest........ Syrupi Aurantii, ad ......... 6. (1 dr.) ..60. (2 oz.) ..90. (3 oz.) Two tablespoonfuls at a dose, two or even three times a day, as a preventive. In nervous conditions potassium bromide in the same dose as St. Louis and Chicago LEAVE NASHVILLE EVERY EVENING W. M. HUNT, CITY TICKET AGENT, MAXWELL HOUSE, PHONE 151 H. F. SMITH W. L. DANLEY the chloral may be added to this prescription. In very severe cases more heroic combinations are recommended as effective. [173.] Morph. Hydrochlor.........0.015 [grn.] Strychn. Sulph..............0.0015 [1-40 grn.] Hyoscine Hydrobrom......0.0003 [1-200 grn.] For hypodermic administration. If necessary, repeat oncebut in most attacks such a dose has proven to be sufficient. Merck's Archives. TREATMENT OF PERTUSSIS.-H. H. Haralson, as stated in the Monthly Cyclopedia of Pract. Med., recommends for a child 2 years of age, two drops of the tincture of belladonna three or four times daily, and gr: 1-150 to gr. 1-80 of heroin every four or five hours. The two remedies may be combined in one prescription, as follows: M. Sig.: One teaspoonful every five or six hours. In chilblains when the skin is broken, the following is rec ommended by the Western Druggist: |