Whooping Cough. - Any spasmodic cough - Iodide of Ammonia, officinal dose, "specific" To arrest the violent, spasmodic conditions of whooping cough, set a basin of scalding hot water on the floor, and pour into it an ounce of strong liquid Ammonia; the fumes give instant relief. Asthma. One hundred cases in succession treated with success - Dip the end of a roll of lint, a few inches long, into a mixture of 4 parts Caustic Ammonia, and 1 part water, and press out all the surplus fluid, and immediately apply it for a few seconds, to the soft palate, not throat. It at once causes a feeling of suffocation with cough and much loosening of phlegm, but this soon passes off, and great relief follows.
Loss of Voice. A case three months' standing cured in three days by inhalations of Hartshorn.