A manual on inhalers, inhalations and inhalants, and guide to their discriminating use in the treatment of common catarrhal diseases of the respiratory tract / by Beverly Robinson.

Date:
1886
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Credit: A manual on inhalers, inhalations and inhalants, and guide to their discriminating use in the treatment of common catarrhal diseases of the respiratory tract / by Beverly Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There are no serious objections to the use of cold sprays or liquids in the manner described, whenever the indications for cleansing the mucous membrane of the nose or throat are evident. When, however, the nasal passages are not obstructed in any notable de- gree by mucus or pus; when a mere effort of moderate blowing will rid the nose of its contents very com- pletely, I object to the use of cold medicated sprays, except in rare instances. I do not believe any but the fine sprays, and pre- ferably those made by Sass’ tubes, are followed by appreciable beneficial results. In instances of sub- acute inflammation, either idiopathic, or grafted on a chronic condition, similar in type, I have frequently known benefit to be derived from the use of these sprays, at first repeated several times a day, and later on once a day, or every other day. I do not, how- ever, approve of their too long continuance, espe- cially if frequently repeated, as a curative means of treating catarrhal inflammations of the anterior, or middle nasal passages. I believe that they often tend, to produce occlusion of these passages. The turbi- nated bodies become chronically irritated, are puffed up and swollen, and whenever the nasal passages are somewhat narrow, more or less permanent otclusion is then produced. Indeed, I am now of the opinion that many reflex neuroses of nasal origin owe their development, or accentuation, to the injudicious and