=Method of Application.= Taking an ordinary atomizer full of the oil, the patient lies on the back with the head low or on one flat pillow. He must be able to breathe freely through the nostril to be treated. Usually, one side of the nose is free and he begins with that side, inhaling the oily spray freely. He then remains lying on the back with the head low while the oil runs backward into the naso-pharynx, especially on the upper surface of the soft palate, where it burns a little but not nearly as much as ichthyol. After two minutes or so, the other side must be treated, but it must first be opened up so that the patient can breathe freely through it. This is done by turning on one side so that the stuffy side is upper-most. In a few minutes this side will open up and the spray can be inhaled through it freely back into the throat. To be thorough, the patient treats each side several times. For the first few days the treatment should be carried out every hour or so. After a few days or a week mild cases get perfect relief and even severe cases may drop to four treatments daily. Such a method is far safer than cocaine, which should never be put in the hands of the patient for any purpose whatever. For obstinate cases ichthyol remains the most effective of the local applications. With those adults who can learn to spray the naso-pharynx and who are heroic enough to bear the sharp burning for a few minutes for the sake of ultimate relief, I mix one-tenth ichthyol with the albolene spray solution. Ichthyol leaves the throat raw and uncomfortable for a few minutes. For this reason it should not be used as frequently as the albolene solution. Ichthyol does not mix well with the albolene, but precipitates quickly. As it does not mix readily by shaking, the mixture must be stirred before using. The manufacturers, McKesson and Robbins, were good enough to experiment in their laboratory with mixtures of ichthyol and albolene. They report that they were unable to make a satisfactory combination and that "the only way to get a permanent mixture of the two would be by a process of emulsion, which would be too thick for spraying purposes."