I02 VETERINARY HOMCEOPATHY. 



may be anticipated when the hard, dry cough is changed to one 

 less resonant and softer in character, and when the hitherto dry 

 nasal membrane becomes moist and a thin fluid discharge runs 

 down the nostrils. The rapidity with which this disease pro- 

 gresses renders it absolutely imperative that the most prompt 

 steps should be taken for its alleviation, and no stone left un- 

 turned to modify the severity of the symptoms. 



Treatment. — Much depends in selecting the first remedy as 

 to the condition o( the patient at the time; in cases where the in- 

 flammatory staga is observed early, is the result of exposure to 

 cold and accompanied by very decided febrile symptoms, such as 

 a difficulty of breathing (though the noise made during respira- 

 tion is not markedly harsh and rasping), hot mouth high temper- 

 ature, hard, frequent pulse, scanty, high-colored urine Acoiiite 

 3X should be administered in half-hour doses; but in those 

 where the breathing is not only difficult but somewhat slow, 

 urgent and attended with a decidedly dry, rasping sound, and the 

 cough resembles the passage of a saw through a hard piece of 

 wood Sp07igia 3X trituration, a dose every hour, is almost cer- 

 tain to afford relief; as a horse at such a stage of the disease gen- 

 erally experiences great difficulty in swallowing fluids, the tritu- 

 ration is preferable to the tincture, as it can be quietly placed on 

 the tongue where it will gradually dissolve under the influence of 

 the saliva and be swallowed slowly and gradually as the horse 

 feels able without any risk of choking; as soon as any relief in 

 the urgency of the breathing and cough is observ^able, the inter- 

 vals between the doses may safely be extended. In cases where 

 the throat is very much swollen and the glands are extremely 

 painful; the cough rather inclining to be soft; swallowing so diffi- 

 cult that fluids return through the nostrils; a great deal of saliva 

 is formed and drops out of the mouth Belladonna 3X should be 

 given in alternation with Merciirius sohibilis 5; namely, com- 

 mence with the usual dose of Belladonna and in one hour give a 

 dose of the Mercuriiis sol. and so on for four hours after which 

 the intervals may be gradually extended to two and three hours 

 between the respective doses; lindcr no circumstances must these 

 medicines be given vii.xcd together in one dose. 



Sanguiyiaria Cayiadcnsis has been highl}' recommended in 

 cases which threaten suffocation in consequence of a swollen and 



