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at the girth ; therefore, measure should be pre- 

 viously taken of the whole length proper for the 

 individual patient, lest the tie, which would other- 

 wise be necessary at the ears, might discommode 

 the animal, and occasion uneasiness ; or, on the 

 other hand, the application would not be kept in its 

 place properly. A single glance, however, at the 

 cut will instruct a tolerably expert workman, or 

 work-woman, how to manufacture such a bandage 

 as would answer every purpose. 



THE COUGH 



Which accompanies this disorder will frequently 

 remain after the other symptoms have abated ; in 

 some cases a cough is the only symptom of catarrhal 

 inflammation that the animal suffers under, and in 

 both we should apply ourselves to reduce the in- 

 flammation of the wind-pipe, &c which occasions 

 the cough ; for, if not cured at once, it baffles all our 

 efforts for a long while, and ultimately becomes 

 what is denominated (from the length of time it has 

 lasted) a chronic cough. But no absolute neces- 

 sity exists for considering these as separate or dis- 

 tinct diseases, the one being but a prolongation or 

 fastening of the other on the system, as described 

 at page 240 below : therefore should our attention 

 to the first attack be unremitted, and the remedies 

 applied in turn to each variation of the symptoms. 

 If these are accompanied by the swellings and 

 soreness of the throat and glands, just spoken of, 

 the cough will generally cease, when these symp- 



