DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 17 



LARYNGITIS. 



Laryngitis is an inflammation of the upper part of 

 the windpipe. 



Cause is usually exposure to cold, or cold rains, etc. 



Symptoms : Breathing is rapid and rasping, the neck 

 is extended, the mouth open, there is a cough and rat- 

 tling in the throat; by opening the mouth the larynx 

 can be seen, which will appear fiery red, the bird will 



become listless and cease eating, and the comb may 

 appear blue. 



Treatment: Remove the cause by avoiding expo- 

 sure. The bird should be placed in a warm, dry, well 

 ventilated room and should be made to inhale steam a 

 few minutes several times a day. This can be done by 

 putting the patient in a closed box, in which a vessel 

 containing a quart of oats is placed and over this pour 

 hot water to which a little tar or camphor is added. 



For internal treatment add two teaspoonfuls of 

 sweet spirits of nitre and 10 drops of tincture aconite 

 to one-half pint of water and give a teaspoonful every 

 three hours for a day; follow by giving a grain or two 

 of muriate of ammonia dissolved in a teaspoonful of 

 warm water, three times a day. 



Apply coal oil under the throat once a day. Feed 

 sloppy food, milk, beef tea, etc. 



BRONCHITIS. 



Bronchitis is an inflammation of the mucous mem- 

 brane lining the windpipe and bronchial tubes. It may 



be an extension of a catarrhal condition from the head 

 or larynx. 



