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CATAKRH. 



This disease, commonly called a cold, is confined in ordinary 

 cases to the lining membrane of the aose and neighboring parts ; 

 but in severe cases the inflammation sometimes extends down 

 the air passages to the lungs, frequently resulting fatally. In 

 the spring of the year this disease frequently appears in an epi- 

 zootic form, when the symptoms are more alarming and the 

 termination more generally fatal. 



If the inflammation is confined to the nostrils, the membrane 

 lining those cavities is reddened, a thin watery or mucous dis- 

 charge from the nostrils takes place, accompanied with frequent 

 sneezing ; if the larynx is involved, there are cough, swellings 

 underneath the jaws, etc. 



Some authors recommend bleeding in this affection ; but such 

 an abuse of the lancet can do no good, and is often productive 

 of much harm. If the symptoms are slight, one of the follow- 

 ing powders given night and morniDg will be all that is re- 

 quired: of saltpetre two ounces; of pulverized Jamaica ginger 

 one ounce ; mixed, and divided into eight powders. If there is 

 swelling under the jaws, poultice the throat with flixseed meal ; 

 if much discharge from the nostrils, steam them well with boil- 

 ing water poured upon bran. If the inflammation exhibits any 

 tendency to extend down the windpipe, apply a blister all along 

 the neck over the windpipe from the throat to the breast, giving 

 one of the following balls night and morning ; of nitrate of 

 potassa and pulverized gentian root, each one ounce; Jamaica 

 ginger and carav/ay seeds, each half an ounce ; mix with 

 molasses and divide into six balls. If the discharge from the 

 nose continues, the animal losing flesh, and the appetite being 



