SMOKERS' THROAT.
CAUSE AND CURE. The lamented death of King Ed ward has attracted some attention to smokers' throat, from which the monarch undoubtedly suffered. There* can be no doubt that* smokers' thro a t is a definite trouble arising from the excessive consumption of tobacco, or even the moderate use of the more irritant and cheaper kinds. There is no connection between these descriptions, for sometimes expensive tobaccos; are very irritating to the deli;ate lining membrane of the throat. The mere production of phlegm must be regarded as the condition itself. Whenever a foreign body gets into the breathing passages, nature promptly covers it with mucus. Carbon in tobacco smoke is such a foreign body, and expectoration is the result. We have known quite aggravated cases of smokers' throat sured by salt spraying. All that is necessary is to procure a fine nasal spray, and employ this night a nd morning with a weak salt solution. It can be used for nostrils and throat, and wfoeut ihe latter is being sprayed it must be well opened, so that the back is reached. In fact, if the spray is light enough, it will be well to draw in the breath while? the operation is proceeding.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 433, 24 January 1912, Page 7
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205SMOKERS' THROAT. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 433, 24 January 1912, Page 7
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