DISEASES OF CATS 89 



DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. 

 Catarrh or Cold. 



A cat may take cold in the head just as a 

 baby might do, with inflammation of the mu- 

 cous membrane lining the nose, the pharynx 

 or larynx. The symptoms are a discharge 

 from the nostrils, more or less difficulty of 

 breathing, due to the obstruction of the nos- 

 trils, which are filled with matter, and choking 

 of the throat, due either to the inflammatory 

 condition of it or to the discharge accumulat- 

 ing in the throat. In the former case pressure 

 on the throat will produce a spasmodic cough, 

 and show that there is a tenderness of this or- 

 gan. Simple catarrh is attended with but little 

 fever or constitutional disturbances. 



Bronchitis. 



Bronchitis is an inflammation of the tubes 

 leading from the lungs to the exterior. In 

 this the cough is more violent ; there is a dis- 

 charge from the nose and throat, but the 

 amount of phlegm is increased after an attack 

 of coughing. By auscultation, or examining 



