CROUP.
Croup: croak. Acute laryngitis, with spasms and perhaps pseudo-membranes. Relation to diphtheria. Causes, low, damp localities, exposure, youth, form of inflammation. Symptoms, onset sudden, crowing inspiration, hard cough paroxysmal, fever, larynx sensitive, dyspnœa in paroxysms or intermittent. Complications. Duration. Lesions, intense congestion, false membranes on larynx, fibrinous. Treatment, fomentations, ether, chloroform, chloral hydrate, laxative saline, sedative, derivative, surgical, water vapor, calomel, caustic, stimulants, tonics. Croup in sheep and horse.