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or a mixture of bran and middlings moistened with 

 milk. Inhalation of steam, or vapor from boiling water 

 in which hops or a small quantity of carbolic acid 

 or creoline has been placed, is beneficial. Give with 

 the food two grains of black antimony twice a day. A 



small quantity of 

 flax seed steeped 

 in hot w^ater 

 makes a demul- 

 cent drink that 

 often gives great 

 relief ; and, in the 

 absence of this, 

 honey or gum 

 arabic may be 

 added to the 

 drinking water 

 wich advantage. 

 If the attack pro- 

 mises to be 

 severe, it may 

 sometimes i)e 

 checked in the 

 early stages bj^ 

 giving ten drops 

 of s ]:> i r i t s of 



Fip. 4.— Luiifr of a bird represented in ideallon- ^.,,^„„,,^;„p. ;,, o 

 pitudinal section; r/<i. secondary bronchi. H. dfnse LUrpeilLlIie lu ci 

 network of minute blood vessels which makes up ^ _ ^ „ ,, ^,, f ,, 1 ^.f 

 the jrreater part of the lunp tissue and to which the ieaS])00 U 1 til Ui 

 tertiary bronchi convey the air. Castoroil and re- 



peating this dose after five or six hours. It should not 

 be continued after there are signs of purging, for fear 

 of exhausting the strength of the patient. In the very 

 acute cases, where the whistling or snoring sounds with 

 the respiration indicate a croupous form of infiam- 



