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cut two holes in the side of it to tie two pieces of 

 string; tie this around the neck, and insert the 

 other end into the windpipe; this will give imme- 

 diate relief. The tube should be removed once a 

 day and cleaned with carbolic acid, half an ounce; 

 water, one quart. Several times a day the hand 

 should be placed over the mouth of the tube to find 

 out how the animal can breathe through the nos- 

 trils, and when it is able to do so, the tube can be 

 withdrawn, the edges of the wound cleaned and 

 brought together by pins or stitches through the 

 skin on each side, and bathed once a day with car- 

 bolic lotion. Usually the animal recovers. Al- 

 though, if the operation has not been done before 

 the animal was in a dying condition, 'it does not 

 usually survive. If the cough remains after all 

 other symptoms have disappeared, blister the 

 throat with biniodide of mercury, one and one-half 

 drams ; vaseline, two ounces ; repeat every second 

 week for a month or two; also give one dram of 

 iodide of potassium in the drinking water in the 

 morning, and two drams of sulphate of iron in the 

 evening in a bran mash, made by boiling a teacup- 

 ful of flaxseed in two gallons of water and mix- 

 ing it with bran. This ought to be kept up for 

 three or four weeks, or give Fowler's solution of ar- 

 senic, one ounce, in bran mash once a day and con- 

 tinue it for a month. 



BRONCHITIS. 



Is an inflammation of the tubes of the lungs, char- 

 acterized by a harsh cough, accelerated breathing. 



