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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    The former indication was fulfilled by valerianate of zinc and asafoetida, followed by arsenic and bromide of i ammonium, alternated with hydrobromic acid. The mucous membrane of the nose was treated Avitli spray of j cocaine, and inhalations of creosote and oil of eucalyptus. I Galvanism in mild currents with the expectation of exhausting irritability was used once a day. This treat- ment rapidly cut short the attack, which did not return | in 1888. ' Case 4.— Miss M., aged 28, consulted me in October, 1888, suffering from attacks of excessive sneezing. These came on at intervals in paroxysms of twenty or thirty, | and were accompanied with mucous discharge and much ' nervous exhaustion. They had continued for three ; years, and were generally worse at the hay fever season. ] Any irritation, such as strong odours, cold drafts of air, ' etc., would bring them on. The interior of the nose was extremely sensitive, otherwise no departure from health could be discovered. Treatment consisted in constitu- , tional remedies, galvanism, and the occasional use of the electric cautery. This was continued tiU February, | 1889, when the sneezing ceased. There had been no , return up to October, 1889.
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