DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 



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Fig. 985. — Laryngitis, or Sore Throat. 



culty of swallowing, accompanied 

 with a hard or tickling cough. 

 There is loss of appetite, the cud is 

 not chewed, and a copious flow of 

 thick saliva takes place when the 

 mouth is opened. Pressure on the 

 windpipe in the region of the throat 

 gives great pain. The parts are 

 swollen. If the finger is inserted 

 under the tongue (Fig. 985), the 

 mouth is found to be hot and the 

 internal membranes intensely red. 

 Owing to inability to swallow, 

 water whert drank is liable to come 

 back through the nose. Breathing is quickened, and the pulse is 

 hard, full, and rapid. This disease in cattle seldom continues long 

 as an independent affliction ; unless relieved, it terminates in bron- 

 chitis or pleuro-pneumonia. 



Treatment. — Rub in on the throat a paste made by mixing 

 mustard with equal parts of aqua ammonia and water ; repeat this 

 every hour, after sponging the ^hroat externally with warm water, 

 and continue until the desired effect is obtained. Inhalation of 

 steam as recommended for catarrh will be useful. Chlorate of 

 potash, 1 oz. to a quart of water, can be converted into steam. One 

 fourth oz. of saltpeter, or chlorate of potash, can be dissolved in 

 water, and given morning and evening. The bowels should be 

 moved by enemas, as there is danger of choking when medicines 

 are administered by the mouth. , 



If suffocation is threatened from closing of the throat, or from 

 intense congestion, tracheotomy should be performed without delay. 



V V MAilGltANT SORE THROAT. 



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This is a dangerous malady, and must 

 be treated carefulfy and thoroughly. It is 

 a rapid effusion among the tissues com- 

 posing and surrounding the entrance of 

 the windpipe (glottis), in which life is en- 

 dangered, by its interfering with breathing. 



The symptoms are those of simple ca- 

 tarrh, with great difficulty of breathing, 

 which threatens suffocation as the disease 

 advances. The swelling, at first internal, 

 soon manifests itself externally, in the parotid glands On each side, 



Fro. 986.— Malignant Sore 

 Throat 



