Hay fever, hay asthma and excessive sneezing / by Litton Forbes.

  • Forbes, Litton.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Hay fever, hay asthma and excessive sneezing / by Litton Forbes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    regular attacks of hay fever complicated with asthma. The nasal mucous membrane was very irritable, the general healtli indilferent, and the nervous system depressed. Examination of the nose and pharynx showed tlie usual congestion, turgescence, and increased mucous discharge. In this case I prescribed fifteen grain doses of bromide of potassium, three times a day, cleansed the nostrils thoroughly, and sprayed with cocaine. This was intended to be preliminary to a more thorough treatment with glycerine of carbolic acid. The latter was applied at the second visit, in solution with quinine and perchloride of mercury, the sensation of the mucous membrane having previously ])een blunted by means of the cocaine. Three applica- tions on alternate days were well borne, and resulted in the cessation of all symptoms. Oase 3.— Mrs. N., aged 30, consulted me in 1887. She was a highly nervous subject, and had suffered periodically for the last five years with hay fever in spring, and more or less with nasal catarrh during the autumn and winter months. In fact, the attacks, though aggravated at certain seasons, were never completely absent. Various methods of treatment had been tried. At the time of her visit she was pregnant, and severe treatment was therefore impossible. In this case the indications were to soothe and strengthen the nervous system, and induce a more healthy condition of the nasal mucous membrc^ne.
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