8o THE FARM DOCTOR. 



Symptoms. — The nose is raised and protruded, the head 

 being canied stiffly and more in a line with the neck than usual, 

 and there is swelling of the throat or beneath the roots of the 

 ears. There is cough, hard in laryngitis, and dry and husky in 

 pharyngitis, and, later, loose and gurgling in both diseases. 

 With laryngitis there is much tenderness to touch, and, in the 

 early stages, a loud, harsh blowing sound, which may become 

 loose and rattling as the disease advances. With pharyngitis 

 there is a little tenderness, but difficulty in swallowing, chewed 

 morsels being often dropped again and water rejected through 

 the nose. The discharge from the nose is more glairy than in 

 nasal catarrh or bronchitis, and on its appearance the active 

 fever usually subsides in great part. If there is much redness 

 of the membrane of the nose, and high fever, the case is likely 

 to be severe, and the same is true of cases with a painful, 

 paroxysmal cough. 



In Chronic Sore-throat there may appear to be general good 

 health, but a cough comes on in paroxysms when the patient 

 comes into the cold air, drinks cold water, eats ary oats or 

 dusty hay, or undergoes active exertion. There are also more 

 or less tenderness and wheezing or rattling in the throat, and 

 sometimes slight swelling. 



Treatment. — Rest in a clean, dry, airy stable or box. Clothe 

 warmly and flannel bandage the legs if cold or tending to shiver. 

 Tie a rug or sheep-skin with wool in around the neck. Steam 

 the nose as for strangles. Unless the fever and pulse are low of 

 the affection of an influenza type, a laxative is usually beneficial 

 (horse, aloes ; ox and sheep, Glauber salts ; dog and pig, castor 

 oil); following up with nitre or acetate of potassa in the water, 

 and anodyne!) as electuaries. Solid extract of belladonna 4 drs.: 

 tannic acid i dr. ; bisulphite of soda 4 drs. ; honey or syrup 5 

 oz. ; mix. Dose — ^horse and ox a piece as large as a hickory 

 nut ; sheep one-fourth, dog one-tenth of this bulk, thrice daily. 

 To be smeared on the back teeth and swallowed at leisure. 



