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a thin mucous, and the animal coughs up a con- 

 siderable quantity through its nose. If the small 

 tubes have been affected, the outpourings of this 

 mucous sometimes block them up, and the animal 

 dies from suffocation. After the disease has gone 

 on for six or eight days, the animal begins to im- 

 prove. But if the breathing becomes faster and 

 shorter, and the pulse fast and weak, and the dis- 

 charge from the nose becomes foul smelling and of 

 a dirty brick-red color, this indicates that the ani- 

 mal will die. The horse stands through the at- 

 tacks. Cattle usually lie on their breastbone. 

 Treatment: Place the animal in a comfortable 

 place with plenty of fresh air, but out of draughts; 

 clothe the body and if the legs are cold, hand-rub 

 and bandage them. In the early stage, when the 

 cough is rough and hard, give two drams of chlo- 

 rate of potassium and one dram of the fluid extract 

 of belladonna, in half a pint of water, three times a 

 day. If the pulse is full and soft, give fifteen to 

 twenty drops of tincture of aconite in the drinking 

 water every three or four hours until the pulse is 

 slower and firmer. Half an ounce of the tincture 

 of squills in half a pint of water given twice a day 

 is sometimes very useful. The inhalations of vapor 

 of hot water with a piece of camphor about the 

 size of a walnut will relieve the irritation of the 

 bronchial tubes very much and should be used sev- 

 eral times daily. If the inflammation is extensive 

 and the air cells involved and the breathing diffi- 

 cult, the application of mustard to the sides, or 

 soap liniment rubbed in well twice a day, is of bene- 



