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perienced in' carrying out this treatment, as the patient quickly 

 appreciates the relief afforded. Extremely bad cases in chimpanzees 

 and orangs have been treated successfully in this way. Ferocious 

 animals may be confined in a small cage or shifting box which can be 

 covered with a blanket or canvas for the purpose of confining the 

 steam. 



The steaming should be continued for only a few minutes at a 

 time, but repeated several times a day. 



The food should be nutritious and concentrated; bulky food 

 should be avoided. The sweetened juice of oranges and lemons is 

 very beneficial and should be given quite freely. 



The throat and chest should be well rubbed with camphorated 

 oil, when possible. In all forms of bronchitis, counter-irritation and 

 the chest- jacket are very useful. 



Inhalations of compound tincture of benzoin, or eucamphol 

 mixed with water, in the proportion of one tablespoonful to a cup of 

 water, will be found most useful. Eucamphol is a compound composed 

 of carbolic acid, oil of camphor and eucalyptus oil. It has a very 

 pleasant odor, which is acceptable to the animals and it is very 

 soothing to the bronchial mucous membranes. 



When the cough is very troublesome and harsh, give a mixture 

 of carbonate of ammonium with Brown mixture, as follows: 



^ 



Ammonium Carbonatis 5ii 



Misturae Glycyrrhizse Comp. (Brown Mix.) Siv 



M. 



Sig: — Give a half -grown chimpanzee 3^ teaspoonful every 4 or 

 5 hours, in milk or the juice of orange. 



Pneumonia. 



Pneumonia is an inflammation of the substance of the lungs, 

 and may be confined to a portion of one lobe or may include the 

 greater part of both lungs. It is a disease that carries off a consider- 

 able portion of all wild animals in confinement, both as a primary 

 affection, and as a complication of other diseases, especially those of 

 a debilitating character. 



Among primates, the most common type met with is broncho- 

 pneumonia, in which only limited and usually scattered portions of 

 the lungs are involved. 



