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ipecacuanha, a laxative, attention to general comfort, and 

 to the ventilation especially. 



When the cough is dry a choice of some of the follow- 

 ing in combination may be made, viz. : Ipecac, squills, 

 ammonia, spirits of chloroform, hydrochlorate of apomor- 

 phia, paregoric, morphia, potassium cyanide, etc. Later, 

 ammonium carbonate, syrup of Tolu, or senega may re- 

 place some of the preceding. Possibly remedies of this 

 character may be required ; but the sooner drugs can be 

 dispensed with the better, for they all tend to disorder 

 the digestive tract. Quinine, iron, nux vomica, and other 

 vegetable bitters may be useful after the acute stage has 

 passed. 



In chronic bronchitis, tonic treatment, including cod- 

 liver oil, is of great importance. 



A moderate allowance of alcoholic stimulants, as wine, 

 whisky, or brandy, is often called for when bronchitis 

 threatens to exhaust the animal, or when it overtakes a 

 dog already enfeebled by disease. Supporting treatment, 

 with an emetic at the outset, will be best in the capillary 

 form of bronchitis. 



In all forms of the disease counter-irritation and the 

 chest-jacket are very beneficial. 



Verminous hronchitis, owing to the presence of para- 

 sites in the bronchial tubes, is a rare and unmanageable 

 disease, generally leading on to a fatal result. An attempt 

 should be made to dislodge the worms by emetics, inhala- 

 tions of the fumes of burning tar, etc. 



Pneumonia is an inflammation of the substance of the 

 lungs, and may be confined to a portion of one lobe or 

 may include the greater part of both lungs. Such exten- 



