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should be kept -warm, and a few doses of the following 



mixture administered : — • 



Digitalis . . -J drachm, 



Nitre . . 2 drachms 



Emetic tartar . . 1 drachm ; 



to be given in the form of a ball. Instead of corn, his 



food should consist of hay and mashes. 



BRONCHITIS. 



Symptoms.— Inflammation of the bronchial tubes mani- 

 fests itself by the breathing being considerably harder 

 and quicker than in a common catarrh ; and also by a 

 wheezing sound accompanying the inspirations of air into 

 the lungs, and which is temporarily removed when the horse 

 coughs up the mucus secreted by the inflamed membrane 

 of the throat. 



Cause. — Bronchitis is generally induced by a severe cold, 

 and is indicated by the cough being severe. The seat 

 of the disease is in the divisions of the trachea, or wind- 

 pipe, just before it enters the lungs. At this portion it 

 branches out into a numerous series of vessels, and these 

 are denominated the bronchial tubes, and hence the inflam- 

 mation which attacks their lining has been called bronchitis. 

 This disease is generally induced by catarrh having gained 

 an ascendancy, and the inflammation extending to the 

 entrance of the lungs. 



Remedies. — Moderate bleeding must be resorted to, as 

 too much taken in this complaint would prove injurious. 

 Blisters on the chest should also be applied, and the follow- 

 ing medicine given : — 



Digitalis . . .1 drachm. 

 Nitre . . 3 drachms, 



Emetic tartar li drachm 



