Because massage of the neck and throat induces such an evacuation of the blood-vessels, it has been freely used for acute catarrh of the pharynx, trachea and nose. We are able by careful examination of the inflamed mucous membranes, before and after the application of massage, to notice directly the result. Not the local symptoms only, but the headache, the pain in the forehead, the dizziness, etc., resulting from the stagnation of blood, disappear after a few treatments. By massage we also act upon the tonsils and other glands, thus assisting expectoration.

Croup may sometimes be speedily relieved. Weiss has noted a case of croup in which a single application removed the most imminent peril.

The massage of the neck and throat ought to be more freely used for these affections.