Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, iq 



necessary, and then treatment should be directed 

 to the effect. If the disease is early recognised, 

 mild counterirritants to the larynx externally, hot 

 fomentation or linseed-meal poultice, an emetic, and a 

 warm moist atmosphere, will generally effect a cure. In 

 fact, a dog with laryngitis requires much the 

 same treatment as a child with croup. Where the 

 symptoms have become so aggravated that suffocation is 

 threatened, tracheotomy is indicated, and all further treat- 

 ment must be external. Attempting to drench a dog at 

 this stage is attended with great danger, from the ex- 

 tremely irritable condition of the throat. A violent fit of 

 coughing, ending in asphyxia, would, in all probability, be 

 the result of such a proceeding. (For the extraction or 

 removal of foreign matters, see " Choking.") 



The diet should consist entirely of slops of a mucila- 

 ginous nature, as broth, beef-tea, or milk thickened with 

 isinglass. 



CHRONIC LARYNGITIS 



Is not an unfrequent sequel of the former. It is charac- 

 terised by continued hoarseness, with periodical exacerba- 

 tions, specially induced by over-exertion, or the sudden 

 inhalation of cold air, a dry husky cough, and mucous 

 expectoration. We may relieve the symptoms, but when 

 finally established the disease is incurable. Iron, cod-liver 

 oil, and an occasional dose of tartar emetic are the best 

 medicinal agents. Local treatment is often beneficial. 

 Biniodide of mercury — i part to i6 of lard — applied twice 



when pricked with a pin, and could raise itself on its four limbs. In 

 twenty-four hours it was able to stagger into its kennel, but it had no 

 appetite. In two days and a half it was as lively as before the injec- 

 tion ; and until it left the hospital a week afterwards, the cough had 

 not returned. — (^Veterinary Journal, Sept., 187SO 

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