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.