Coryza, or cold in the head, is an acute inflammation of the lining membrane of the nose. The eyes in this disease are also frequently inflamed and red and the tears flow over the face. The symptoms begin with an itching or tingling sensation in the nose, which is followed by sneezing. A slight fever accompanies these symptoms, and not unfrequently there is more or less headache.

Treatment

Twenty or twenty-five drops of laudanum should be taken at bed-time, the first evening after the symptoms are noticed. Not unfrequently this will effect a cure. If not, another dose may be taken the following evening, and this repeated the next. If the cold is severe the laudanum should be taken night and morning until relieved. It is also well to take four grains of quinine night and morning. Instead of laudanum, one-sixth of a grain of morphine, or a full dose of Dover's powder, will serve the purpose equally well. Treated in the beginning, nothing is surer than a perfect cure in from twenty-four to forty-eight hours, but if not effectually treated, it is apt to extend to the larynx and become a severe bronchitis, or eventuate in a chronic, low-grade inflammation of the nasal membrane, called catarrh.