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INFLAMMATIONS. 



COMPARATIVE TABLE OF CimONIC SYMPTOMS. 



Chronic Pleurisy. Chronic Pneumonia. Chronic Bronchitis. 



Early 

 symp- 

 toms. 



I Inspiration slower 

 than 



Termina- 

 tion. 



! Respiration quick 

 expiraciun ; ! and painful; cough 

 cough dry ; pulse | troublesome but re- 

 quicker tban uatu- strained; expectora- 

 ral, small and wiry. \ tion trittin!:,'; pulse 



i quick and full. 



Respiration quick 

 but free; cougli t.on- 

 stant and severe, but 

 without pain; pulse 

 scarcely aliectea. 



Treat- 

 ment, 



Either in a cure, or 

 else there is an effu- 

 sion of serum into 

 tlie chest, and gen- 

 erally also into the 

 belly and limbs, 

 causing suffocation 

 by pressure. 



The same as for 

 acute pleurisy, but 

 milder in degree, 

 and the diet is not 

 required to be so 

 strictly confined to 

 slops. 



If not ending in a Ends in a cure, or 

 cure, tbere is great in a permanently 

 difficulty of breath- I chronic state of iu- 

 iu". often ending flammation. Or. if 



suffocation. Tne 

 aniaial does not lie 

 down, but sits up 

 on his hind legs, 

 supporting himself 

 on his fore legs. 



Bleeding will sel- 

 dom be required. 

 Give the calomel, 

 opium, and tartar 

 emetic, withoui the 

 di siitali s, in the 

 doses ordered for 

 acute pneumonia. 

 After a few days, 

 have recourse to the 

 bolus (46). Diet 

 nourishing, but 

 strictly confined to 

 farinaceous articles. 

 The embrocation is 

 of great service. 



fatal, there is sutfo- 

 cation trom effusion, 

 hut this IS very rare 

 in chronic bronchi- 

 tis. 



Dispense with the 

 emetic, and at once 

 try the cough bolus 

 (46). In very mild 

 cases, give ipecacu- 

 anha \ grain, rhu- 

 bai b 2 grains, opium 

 i grain, in a pill, 3 

 times a day. Apply 

 the mustard embro- 

 cation (43 1. Milk 

 diet, with nourish- 

 ing slops. 



These various forms constantly run into one another, so that we 

 rarely find pleurisy without some degree of pneumonia, or pneu- 

 monia without bronchitis. Still, one generally predominates over 

 the other, and, as far as treatment is concerned, the malady pre- 

 dominating may be considered as distinct. So, also, there is every 

 shade between the very acute form, the acute, the subacute, the 

 chronic, and the permanently chronic. For practical purposes, 

 however, the two divisions are sufficient. 



SPASMODIC ASTHMA- 



What is often called asthma in the dog is nothing more than a 

 chronic form of bronchitis, very common among petted toy dogs 



