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DISEASES AND INJURIES. IQ9 



in frequency and severity, and is very exhausting, while the 

 appetite is much diminished. Death may ensue from filling 

 up of the bronchial tubes with matter. But a favourable 

 result may be anticipated when the fever gradually subsides, 

 the cough becomes softer and less frequent, and the discharge 

 from the nostrils less and thinner in consistency. 



Chronic bronchitis is generally seen in old horses. There 

 is little, if any fever, and the nasal discharge is very trifling, 

 the most marked symptom being the cough, which is often 

 very harassing. 



Treatment. As bronchitis commonly occurs in cold weather, 

 the horse should, if possible, be put into a comfortable well- 

 ventilated stable or loose box, and the body clothed, the legs 

 being enveloped in woollen bandages or straw bands, after 

 being well hand-rubbed. Hot water vapour, into which a 

 small quantity of oil of turpentine or carbolic acid should be 

 put, ought to be inhaled by the animal, as for catarrh ; and 

 the throat should be rubbed with the white liniment already 

 mentioned, or with compound camphor liniment. The same 

 liniment may also be applied to the sides of the chest, or this 

 may be enveloped in a thick blanket, and hot water (not 

 scalding) poured on it for an hour or two at a time ; the 

 blanket must then be removed, the skin thoroughly dried, 

 the liniment rubbed in, and a dry blanket put on. A draught 

 composed of one drachm of camphor, two ounces of solution 

 of acetate of ammonia and an ounce of nitric ether, mixed up 

 in about ten ounces of water, should be administered twice 

 or three times a day. The diet should consist of mashes of 

 linseed and bran, with a few scalded oats ; carrots or green 

 food should also be allowed, and a little good hay. When 

 convalescence is setting in, a drachm of powdered sulphate 

 of iron may be given in the mash twice a day, and the food 

 may be more nutritious. 



Little can be done for chronic bronchitis beyond keeping 

 the horse in a cool, well ventilated stable, clothing the body 

 comfortably, giving easily digested food, and allowing steady 

 slow work. 



