R     Ol.  caryophylli,  .46  gm.  (gr.  vij)

Creasoti  (beechwood),  .97  gm.  (gr.  xv)

Ol.  picis.  liq.,  .97  gm.  (gr.  xv)

Iodi,  .46  gm.  (gr.  vij)

Benzoinol,  30.00  c.c.  (3  j)

Signa.     Use  with  a  nebulizer  for  pulmonary  and  laryngeal  tuberculosis  and
in  any  condition  requiring  an  active  antiseptic.
R     Creasoti  (beechwood),  i.oo  c.c.  (m.  xv)

Ol.  picis.  liq.,  i.oo  c.c.  (m.  xv)

Benzoinol,  30.00  c.c.  (5  j^

R     Eucalyptol,  j

Ol.  cassiae,    >  aa  4.00  c.c.  (3  j)

Creasoti,       J

Ol.  picis.  liq.,

Albolene,  q.  s.  ft.  120.00  c.c.  (f  3  iv)

Signa.     Use   with    nebulizer   in   pulmonary    and   laryngeal   tuberculosis.
Healing  and  antiseptic.
132  DISEASES   OF   EAR,    NOSE   AND   THROAT.
1$     lodi;
Ol.  picis.  liq.,
Camphor-menthol,
Ol.  gaultheriae,
Albolene,
Signa.     Use   with  neubulizer  for
catarrh.     Alterative  and  antiseptic.
.32  gm.  (gr.  v)
.92  c.c.  (m  xv)
2.00  c.c.  (gr.  xxx)
i.oo  c.c.  (m  xv)
30.00  c.c.  (5  j)
chronic  naso-pharyngeal  and  bronchial

1$     Acetezone  crystals,  .50  gm.  (gr.  viii)

Chloretone  crystals,  .50  gm.  (gr.  viii)

Refined  bland  mineral  oil,  90.00  c.c.  (3  iii)
Signa.     For  chronic  bronchitis;  antiseptic.
Inhalations. — This  form  of  treatment  for  the  mucous  membranes
of  the  upper  air  passages  has,  for  a  long  time,  received  the  universal
recognition  of  the  medical  profession.  Numerous  instruments
of  simple  and  complicated  construction,  all  on  the  same  principle,


FIG.  73. — SIMPLEX'INHALER.
are  on  the  market.  They  consist  of  a  spirit  lamp,  water  reservoir
and  bulb-tube,  midway  of  which  is  placed  a  sponge  in  which  the
fluid  to  be  inhaled,  is  placed.  The  steam  from  the  boiling  water,
in  passing  through  the  sponge,  is  impregnated  with  the  medicine


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and  by  deep  inhalations,  is  carried  into  the  larynx  and  bronchi.
