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Show MOW TO OAROLE. Two II. Iliad. aaI !! Vt'T Tetl Th.m. It one Is to really do good by gargling gar-gling that Is, If one Is to Insuro that the fluid shall reach the posterior wall of tho pharynx the nose must be held and the head must bo well thrown back white performing the gargling process, says the Charlotte Medical Journal. By gargling In the usual way only tho anterior surface of the uvula and soft palate and the baso of tho tongue are reached. Ilut by holding tho noso and throwing the head well back when gargling, tho medicament reaches every surface of tho pharynx very effectively. Tho comparative valuo of the two methods can bo tested test-ed by painting tho posterior surfaco of tho pharynx carefully with atrong solution of methylene blus, and then letting the patient gargle with wator In the usual way, when It will bo found tbnt tho water ejected will bo clear and unstained; then let him gargle again, holding the noso and throwing his head well back, when the ejected fluid will be found stained, and an Inspection In-spection of the pharynx will show that the blue haa been washed away. Tbla Is a thing worth remembering, for many observers havo maintained that gargling Is not only useless as a method of medication, but It Is quite Ineffectual even oa a means of cleaning clean-ing the pharynx. |