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3. The third variety has bean named epidemic bron- 

 chitis, This variety is remarkable for the emission of 

 copious discharges from the nose, at one time turning 

 yellow, at another green, and then again white. In this 

 form the disorder is exceedingly apt to assume the 

 chronic type, and, after continuing for a length of time, 

 to leave the animal reduced in flesh, and much debilitated. 

 Heaves may be the result of bronchitis, which leaves 

 the upper air passages in a contracted state, or else thick 

 ens their lining membrane. The natural termination of 

 this disease, if unchecked, is in pneumonia. 



Treatment, in the active stage, may be the same as in 

 pneumonia or drachm doses of powdered lobeha seeds 

 twice a day, with warmth and moisture to the external 

 surface until we know that it has taken effect from the soft- 

 ness of the pulse, by demulcent, such as slippery elm. 

 Counter irritants applied in the vicinity of the throat or 

 chest will afford relief; when a relaxing effect is desired, 

 use one pint of vinegar to 2 ounces of powdered lobelia ; 

 let it warm over a slow fire, and apply to the throat two 

 or three times a day ; encircle the throat with a piece of 

 soft flannel. Keep the bowels loose by sloppy diet, sea- 

 soned with salt. Fine feed scalded and given to the animal 

 while warm, is beneficial, or instead of the above a blis- 

 ter applied over the brisket and sides, and up the trached 

 to the larynx, will afford relief. The use of setons in the 

 brisket near the termination of the windpipe are of ma- 

 terial service. 



CATARRH. 



Catarrh frequently arises from exposures, or changes 

 so trifling, that they would not be supposed of the least 

 importance by one unaccustomed to horses. Some sup- 

 pose that cold and exposure are the sole causes of catarrh ; 

 yet it is a well-known feet, that many horses take cold, 

 even though they have not, within several days, some 



