DISEASES OF CATS 93 



In the commencement of broncho-pneumonia 

 the same treatment can be used as for colds 

 and bronchitis. If the disease continues it is 

 well to give, in addition, thirty drops of whisky 

 or brandy in a spoonful of water several times 

 in the day. Should the animal become very 

 much debilitated and absolutely refuse to eat, 

 it can be given a teaspoonful of a mixture of 

 the yellow of one egg beaten up, four table- 

 spoonsful of milk, and two teaspoonsful of 

 whisky every few hours j but it is not advisable 

 to force food on it except in extreme cases. 

 In addition to the milk which is kept at the 

 side of the cat, it can be tempted from time to 

 time with a small bit of raw beef pounded into 

 a pulp, and with a small saucer of the juice of 

 the beef, or of the pure beef-juice as it runs 

 from a cut of roast beef. 



DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 

 Gastritis. 



Gastritis, or inflammation of the stomach, 

 is produced by overfeeding and too frequent 

 feeding, or feeding with irritating food, or by 



