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ments in lambs. It also attacks cattle and swine. In solid-hoofed anl- 

 nials, as in the horse, there may be a swelling on either side ; in others it 

 is in the center just below the roots of the jaws. For all enlargements 

 of the glands, tincture of iodine will disperse the swelling if it may be 

 possible. In l^ronchocele or goitre, rainwater only should be given to 

 drink ; iodine in doses of ten grains daily may be given on an empty 

 stomach, and the swelling may be painted with the tincture. This to bo 

 persisted in for months. Another remedy that has been successful, is 

 the following : 



No. 64. >i Drachm iodide of potassium, 



1 Drachm liquor potassae, 

 ^ Pint rainwater. 



Mix, and give as a dose night and morning, using the tincture of iodine 

 on the goitre. 



Vm. Swelled Throat, or Laryngitis. 



Causes. — Foul stables or any cause producing colds, catarrhs, etc. It 

 Is sometimes divided professionally into laryngitis and pharyngitis, but 

 practically they are one — inflammation of the air and food passages of 

 the neck, generally accompanied with cough, difficulty in swallo\ving 

 and fever. 



How to Know it. — The animal is dull. The head is carried in a peculiar 

 manner, as though the neck were stiff. There is a short, frequent 

 cough, the breath is hurried, the pulse full and throbbing, and the mem- 

 branes of the nasal passages are high colored, almost scarlet. There 

 will be a hoarse sound, approaching to a grunt, at each breath taken, if 

 the ears are held against the animal's wind-pipe. Externally there is 

 more or less enlargement over the region of the larynx, the enlargement 

 of the windpipe next the throat. Handling the throat seems to produce 

 extreme pain. 



What to do. — Reduce the pulse at once by doses of tincture of 

 aconite in a wine glass full of water, repeated every half hour. Plac© 

 the steam ing-bag on the nose, as recommended for colds. Keep it em- 

 ployed almost constantly, for there may be danger of strangulation. If 

 the steaminjr seems to distress the animal, omit it, or use it onlv oca- 

 sionally, and soak soft hay in boiling water and apply to the throat as 

 hot as can be borne. Bandage and fasten with the eight-tailed bandage 

 previously described. Or, ferment the throat with cloths wrung out of 

 hot mustard water. If there is difficulty in swallowing, put a tea- 

 •poonf ul of the following well back on the tongue several times a day • 



