Constitutional Treatment.--Simple or catarrhal chronic laryngitis, unassociated with special diathesis, is often admirably influenced by the prolonged administration of some preparation of cubeb; the oleoresin being preferred by the writer in doses of from fifteen to twenty-five minims for the adult, three times a day on crushed sugar. This drug being eliminated in part by the bronchial tract, it seems especially adapted to exert upon chronic inflammatory conditions of the aërial mucous membrane that healing process which it is known to exert on mucous membrane elsewhere. Among other useful constitutional remedies from which similar service can be expected may be enumerated compound tincture of benzoin in doses of from thirty to sixty minims for the adult, three or more times daily; fermented infusion of tar or tar beer, several ounces daily; and petroleum mass, one to two grains for the adult, three or four times daily, with pulverized extract of glycyrrhiza in pill or capsule. In cases with deficient secretion ammonium chloride is indicated. In cases associated with impaired digestion, with excess of acidity, the {125} prolonged use of alkaline mineral waters is advisable; preferably, if convenient, at their sources. In cases associated with chronic diarrhoea the mineral acids are indicated. Cod-liver oil, hydrated chloride of calcium, and preparations of iodine and of arsenic are useful in patients of the scrofulous diathesis. Iodoform, one grain for the adult, rubbed up with glucose or some other excipient, in pill or capsule, three times a day, is often useful in patients with the tuberculous diathesis. Specific remedies are required for syphilis. In like manner, any constitutional abnormality is to be systematically attacked. The functions of skin, kidneys, and intestine are to be maintained as nearly normal as may be, or even a little in excessive action from time to time for derivative purposes. Abstinence is to be enjoined from all exposures or indulgences deleterious to the parts diseased; with as sparing a use of the voice as is compatible with ordinary domestic or social demands, and absolute rest for prolonged periods of days at a time whenever unusual demands have resulted in exacerbating the malady. Under such treatment many cases of simple catarrhal or glandular chronic laryngitis may get well, as has been intimated, without any special local measures.