Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1880 — To Cure Fits of Sneezing. [ARTICLE]

To Cure Fits of Sneezing.

A correspondent of the IJrifish Medicdl Journal “During the recent rapid changes of temperature I caught a severe cold in my head, accompanied by almost-incessant sneezing. My unfortunate nose gave me no rest. The slightest impact of cold air, or passing from the outside air into a warm room, equally brought on a fit of sneezing. , In vain I snuffed camphor and pulsatilla ; the light catarrh still triumphed over me. At, length 1 resolved to see what the maintenance of a uniform temperature would do toward diminishing the irritability of my Schneiderian membrane, and accordingly I plugged my nostrils with cotton wool. The affect was instantaneous ; I sneezed no more. Again and again I tested the efficacy of this simple remedy, always with the same result. However near I was to a sneeze, the introduction of the pledgets stopped it at once. Nor was there any inconvenience from their presence, making them sufficiently firm not to tickle, and yet leaving them sufficiently loose to easily breathe through.” This is really worth knowing, for incessant sneezing is among the greatest of smaller ills, and it seems only a rational conclusion to hope that this simple plan may furnish the most efficient remedy against one of the most distressing symptoms of hay fever.