22 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



room with an ordinary bronchitis kettle, and if the 

 symptoms are unusually urgent, the steam may be rendered, 

 sedative by putting a few bruised poppy-heads in the water. 

 Warm broths or bread and milk form the most suitable 



diet. . 



From the susceptibility of a return of the malady, 

 unnecessary exposure to cold or damp should be avoided, 

 and, until a thorough restoration to health is established, 

 the animal should not be allowed to return to his natural 

 and ordinary life. 



CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. 



This is usually a sequel of the acute form, and is more 

 generally met with in old animals. It rarely leaves the 

 patient, and increases in severity in the cold seasons of the 



year. 



The symptoms are invariable ; cough of a husky charac- 

 ter, shortness of breath^ increased with exertion, expectora 

 tion, and retching. 



Treatment. — This consists in alleviating the symptoms, 

 and avoiding unnecessary exposure to cold and damp. 

 Occasional stimulants combined with iron form the best 

 medicinal treatment, and the cough mixture prescribed in 

 acute form is alSo useful. 



VERMINOUS BRONCHITIS IN DOGS.* 



" Early in the month of January I was asked by Prin- 

 cipal McEachran, F.R.C.V.S., to aid him in the investiga- 



• A Paper read before the Montreal Veterinary Medical Association, 

 March 29th, 1877, by William Osier, M.D., L.R.C.P. Lond. ; Fellow 

 of the Royal Microscopical Society, London ; Vice-President of the 

 Montreal Veterinary Medical Association ; Professor of Physiology in 

 McGill University, and in the Veterinary College, MontreaL 



