HOW TO TREAT SEVERE COUGHS



Cut an old vest down the front and slip on over all, and pin tightly down the front. Change dressing daily as hot as can be borne, but clean up and cover one section at a time, having the new and hot material ready at hand. Many a case gets chilled by uncovering all at one process. I am not paid for this mention. It is solely for your good.

INHALATIONS OF STEAM.

If there is the slightest difficulty in breathing or much pain, or if the phlegm is tight, begin this work at once. Put a teaspoonful of either Balsam of Peru or Compound Tincture of Benzoine in a fair-sized pitcher and three quarters fill it with boiling water or as hot as possible. The patient will then insert face into the mouth of this vessel. Throw a heavy towel over the patients head. covering snugly.

The attendant must hold this jug of boiling mixture, as a spasms of coughing may end in parboiling the patient or wetting the bed. I have seen fully qualified nurses slip up on this and patients will carry the scars for life. Repeat inhalations as often as found comforting and, if you do not have the drug named on hand, use plain steam. Pain is soothed, phlegm is raised easily, coughing is lessened and sleep induced. Begin early.

BEVERAGES.

Make the patient drink as much fluid as possible. Cut milk with rennet ; when set break up curd by beating with fork. The resulting whey may be flavoured. Make the patient drink this whey freely and often. This flushes the kidneys enormously and removes many waste and poisonous products. Boil cut apples, sliced lemons or oatmeal, and give liquid as often as possible.

Cut out all meat extractive and alcoholic mixtures during fever. Vegetable soups are excellent. Cut out all solids they wont digest during a fever. These hints are for more extreme cases. Your homoeopathic remedies will stimulate properly.

Ethelbert Petrie Hoyle
BIO: Dr. Ethelbert Petrie Hoyle 1861 – 1955 was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. He served as editor of the International Homeopathic Medical Directory and Travelling Secretary to the International Homeopathic Society.