RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 23 



NASAL CATARRH (Oezena) 



This form almost invariably follows some other disease involv- 

 ing the respiratory tract, such as bad teeth with filling of the 

 frontal or maxillary sinuses of the head with pus. It may also 

 accompany glanders, tumors of the nostrils, animal parasites, 

 chronic or verminous bronchitis. 



SYMPTOMS 



The principal symptom is a nasal discharge, which varies 

 greatly in quantity and character. The quantity of discharge is not 

 always the same, being more profuse at times owing to environ- 

 ments, weather conditions, etc. In character the discharge may be 

 mucous, purulent, blood-streaked, or contain caseated lumps. If 

 due to decayed teeth or bones of the head, it will have a very 

 offensive odor. The maxillary lymph glands may become enlarged, 

 but usually do not adhere to the jaw. If the sinuses of the head 

 become filled with pus there is usually a marked swelling of the 

 parts affected. 



TREATMENT 



Before resorting to treatment of this ailment we must ascertain 

 the cause and remove it. A careful examination of the teeth must 

 first be made and if any decayed ones are found they must be 

 extracted. Then the nostrils should be carefully examined in search 

 of nasal tumors. If neither is found, explore the frontal and maxil- 

 lary sinuses by sounding with gentle taps of one or two fingers on 

 the suspected parts. If the sinuses are not filled there will be a 

 hollow sound, while if filled with pus they will appear solid. If 

 one or more of these sinuses be filled it will be necessary to cut 

 a hole through the bone and remove the pus surgically. 



If neither of the above is found, a nasal douche, with a table- 

 spoonful of salt to a gallon of warm water, may be resorted to once 

 daily. If the discharge from the nostrils has a fetid odor, five grains 

 of permanganate of potash may be dissolved in a gallon of warm 

 water and used as a douche instead of the salt solution. Iron 

 tonics, such as tincture chloride of iron or dried sulphate of iron, 

 should be given in food twice daily in connection with some bitter 

 stomachic. For this purpose there is nothing more effective than 

 a large teaspoonful of Ferritone, in moist food three times daily. 



