CATARRH. 



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frontal sinuses ; small, loose, diffuse swellings under jaw ; 

 sometimes coughing, with or without soreness of throat : 

 varying degrees of fever, dullness, and debility ; staring 

 coat ; rigors or shivering fits ; surface temperature now 

 elevated, now depressed: internal temperature elevated 3 

 or 4 degrees; pulse and breathing quickened; appetite 

 diminished. As the acute symptoms subside, the disease 

 becoming subacute or established as it were, the animal 

 improves. In some cases the symptoms are much more 

 severe than above described, sometimes threatening suffo- 

 cation. 



Fig. 14. Steaming apparatus for Catarrh, Bronchitis, &c. 



Chronic Symptoms. — The discharge is considerably 

 altered in character, and is for a time at least less in 

 quantity; but the quantity varies — more one day than 

 another. Sometimes the discharge is white and glairy ; 

 sometimes a yellow mixture of pus and mucus ; in rare 

 cases, opaque, thin, dirty-looking mucus; appetite good, 

 but animal lacks bloom, vigor, vivacity ; coat open ; skin 

 scurfy; nasal membrane rather soft, blanched, thickened, 

 and less vascular-looking, and of a slate or leaden hue. 



Remedy. — Simple form: House comfortably; clothe 

 body and head ; bandage legs. Temperature 60 to 65° F. 

 Steam head with vapor of water alone, or medicated with 

 •antiseptic or anodyne. Warm or vapor bath ; dry quickly 



