Abstract: An aerosol throat spray with a spray-counting mechanism including a lead screw driven in rotation by a rachet in which a follower on the lead screw moves from a starting location indicating the aerosol is "full" to an ending position indicating the aerosol is "empty", wherein the rachet is actuated by a pawl of springy construction material which, after each power stroke, returns to a ready position for the next power stroke in response to the spring urgency of its construction material.