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coughs up the mucus secreted by the inflamed mem- 

 brane 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 windpipe, just before it enters the 

 lungs. At this portion it branches out into a numer- 

 ous series of vessels, and these are denominated the 

 bronchial tubes, and hence the inflammation which 

 attacks their lining has been called bronchitis. This 

 disease is generally induced by catarrh having gained 

 an ascendency, and the inflammation extending to 

 the entrance of the lungs. 



REMEDIES. Blisters on the chest should be applied, 

 and the following medicine given : 



Gum-camphor ... 3 drachms, 



Carb. ammonia ... 3 drachms, 



Tinct. opium .... 4 drachms, 



Water ..... I pint. 



When bronchitis is neglected, it produces thick wind, 

 which can never afterwards be removed. 



THICK WIND. 



SYMPTOMS. Thick wind is indicated by short, 

 laborious, and frequent breathings when the horse is 

 at rest, and becomes much more evident where he is 

 employed in working, whether in a cart, carriage, or 

 as a hunter or roadster. In the latter cases, the in- 

 spirations and expirations succeed each other in such 

 rapid succession that lead us to suppose the animal is 

 about to expire through suffocation, and his breathing- 

 can be heard at a considerable distance ; his sides and 

 loins exhibit marked symptoms of the difficulty with 

 which he breathes. 



