17S Diseases of the Respiratory Organs. 



is added, say one fluid drachm to one ounce of the former. 

 This should be well rubbed into the sides. In the later 

 stages vegetable tonics with the iodide of iron, one to 

 three grains, will promote absorption of the chest effusion, 

 or tapping must be resorted to, the trocar being passed 

 through the space between seventh and eighth ribs, im- 

 mediately above the sternum. In pneumonia and bron- 

 chitis nothing answers so well as the castor oil mixture, 

 or mild salines for producing a lax state of the bowels, 

 actual purgation being highly prejudicial. 



In the Distemper forfus of the two first-named 

 diseases, which are characterised by great debility, the 

 list of Expectorants will furnish appropriate formula for 

 bolus or draught. 



Verminous Bronchitis. — This form of disease, due 

 to the presence of small worms in the air passages near 

 the lungs, has been seen chiefly in young dogs. The 

 parasite is located in numerous small elevations on the 

 mucous membrane, giving rise to considerable irritation. 

 The sy/nptoms are those of bronchitis, the cough being 

 short and husky, death following convulsions in most 

 cases. 



Treatment. — Stimulants and tonics should be given 

 internally, and the patient caused to inhale dilute 

 chlorine gas. The best method is the intra-tracheal 

 method, or injection of the remedy direct into the wind- 

 pipe by means of a suitable syringe. The most effectual 

 remedies are " Sanitas " Oil or the "Sanitas" Fluid, tur- 

 pentine, or solution of carbolic acid, three to ten drops of 

 one of these being mixed with twenty or thirty of glycerine, 

 to which three to ten drops of chloric ether is added, and 

 the whole well shaken. 



In the dog the worm proves to be one of the species 

 known as Strong}' ins, a small white, slender, thread-like 

 parasite, the male being about one-fourth of an inch in 

 lengtli, and the female not more than one-sixth or one- 

 eighth of an inch. The mature female brings forth her 

 young alive. The parasite has been named Strongylus 

 canis bronchialis^ and may possibly prove to be a stagal 

 development of the Strongylus filaria of the sheep, &c. 



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