44 THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



early stages the urine may be scanty, and of a colour some- 

 what higher than in health. 



Treatment. — The patient is to be placed in a comfortable 

 loose-box, well ventilated, dry, and free from draughts. 

 Bathe the nostrils. Medicated inhalations, or simple in- 

 halations of vapour or steam, act beneficially by relaxing 

 and soothing the inflamed tissues, and promote the mucous 

 discharge. Counter-irritation also is productive of much 

 good. In some cases sedatives may be given ; such cases, 

 however, are rare. The limbs are to be hand-rubbed and 

 bandaged, and the body judiciously clothed. Constipation, 

 if present, is to be overcome by clysters. AYhere the cough 

 is very distressing, camphor, belladonna, and digitalis may 

 be given. In the primary stage of bronchitis (catarrhal form), 

 a strong opiate, as opii tr. Ji. — 5ii., or opii pulv. 5!., will 

 often succeed in cutting the disease short. Subcutaneous 

 injections of morphia are given by some practitioners, but it 

 is not a commendable practice. Aloes should not be given 

 in bronchitis. 01. lini 5viii. may be administered in certain 

 cases. The debility which is always present, generally to a 

 remarkable degree in bronchitis, is to be combated by the 

 judicious use of stimulants, and during the period of con- 

 valescence tonics may very properly be given, along with a 

 proper quantity of nourishing and easily digested food. 

 Good grooming and exercise, well regulated as to kind and 

 quantity, will usually complete the cure. 



Results. — Bronchitis may result in a variety of ways, ter- 

 minating sometimes in pneumonia, chronic bronchitis (thick 

 wind, as it is called in some of the older works), and now 

 and then a case of laminitis follows bronchitis. Tiiis is 

 another reason why aloes should not be used in the treat- 

 ment of this disease. Bronchitis may also terminate in 

 death, or resolution more or less complete, the parts fre- 

 quently regaining their normal conditions of health and 



