4.  Rub the chest with a camphor liniment and give the following: 

Tincture of Aconite 10 drops
Sweet Spirits of Nitre 2 drams
Distilled water to make 4 ounces

Mix—­One-half teaspoonful to a child, or dessert spoonful to an adult in water every hour.

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5.  For Adults.—­Compound licorice mixture one to two drams every three to four hours; or five grains of Dover’s powders every three to four hours.

Diet in Bronchitis (similar to Laryngitis).—­Drinks are useful in the dryer forms, such as hot flaxseed tea sweetened and flavored with lemon juice.  It should be taken in large quantities.  Hot milk and lemonade are also useful.

Chronic bronchitis.  Causes.—­People over middle age are more liable to it.  It comes chiefly in winter, in changeable, cold and damp climates.  It may follow repeated acute attacks.

Symptoms.—­These are variable and are present chiefly in winter and damp weather.  The cough is worse at night, and in the morning, expectoration is usually great.  There may be slight fever at times.  Often the patients are entirely free from the trouble during the summer.

Physicians’ treatment for Chronic Bronchitis.  Preventive.—­Warm equable climate, such as southern California, Florida, or the south of France, especially in the colder months; warm clothing, avoid exposure and fatigue.

1.  First you can take three grains of ammonium chloride three to four times a day.

2.  Ammonium Chloride 2 drams
    Fluid Extract of Licorice 2 drams
    Distilled water brought to 3 ounces

Mix and take one teaspoonful every three hours.

3.  If the cough is troublesome the following is good: 

Ammonium Chloride                 2 drams
Hive Syrup                        4 drams
Fluid Extract Licorice            1 ounce
Paregoric                         6 drams
Distilled water enough to make    2 ounces

Mix.  Teaspoonful every three to four hours.

Coughs.  Causes.—­There are many causes; inflammation of the larynx, bronchial tubes, lungs, also stomach and liver; and a nervous cough is present in our day.  Remove the cause when possible.  There are many good cough medicines now put up, and they can be bought at any drug-store.  Cough lozenges of all kinds are plenty, and a sure cure is claimed by each.

Mothers’ remedies.  Dry Cough and Tickling.—­l.  “Raspberry Tincture.  Take one-half pound of honey, one cup water; let these boil; take off scum; pour boiling hot upon one-half ounce lobelia herb and one-half ounce cloves; mix well, then strain and add one gill of raspberry vinegar.  Take from one teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful four times a day.  Pleasant to take,”

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2.  Cough, Honey and Vinegar for.—­“Honey and vinegar.”  This is an old and tried remedy and a good one.  The vinegar cuts the phlegm in the throat and bronchial tubes, and the honey is very soothing.