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BRONCHITIS.

troublesome; this is recommended also in the acute
form. hi the chronic form, the
Anisated ammoniated alcohol,       5i.
Syrup of mallows,                  si.
Ext. of henbane,                   Di.
Mix, and given in desert-spoonful three times a-day,
has some celebrity.
You will find the dried root powdered, of Indian tur-
nip, in ten grain doses, given in an emulsion of gum
arabic several times a-day, a very valuable remedy in
chronic catarrh,, chronic bronchitis, and rheumatism.
My friend, Dr. Rogers of Chappel hill, says that the
iodide of calcium, ten grains, in combination with the
extract aconite, six grains, made into six pills, and give
one every four hours, will be found valuable in the
chronic form.
The following prescription we have used in bron-
chitis, especially when the cough was bad:
1. Ext. Opium,                grs. i.
"  peruvian bark,        grs. iv.
Camphor,                   grs. vi.
Sugar,                     5i.
White linctus,            5iv.
Mix. It can be given with success when the cough
is troublesome.
Kreosote and monesia, are both extolled in either
form of bronchitis. I cannot speak of their action, I
have never used either in this disease.
In the chronic mucous and muco-purulent bron-
chitis, there is no remedy, I fully believe, (and I have
certainly tested a great many,) that possesses anything

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