DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGAN'S 



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bowels, yellow and scurfy skin, and a low degree of bodily heat. 

 The pulse, almost unaltered in the first stage, now becomes slow, 

 small, and weak, while general wasting becomes, more apparent and 

 rapid. The back is still more arched, the udder soft and very 

 flabby, and the milk is entirely gone. (Fig. 1005.) 



All that can be done in treatment is to alleviate the symptoms 



Fiq. 1005.— Asthma. 



as they appear, for the disease is incurable/ The animal should be 

 kept still, and food of the most digestible and nutritious kind given 

 at short intervals, to prevent oppression of the lungs by a full stom- 

 ach. This care, with stimulant tonics, may keep the animal alive 

 for some time, but the owner will generally prefer to destroy the pa- 

 tient, if the disease has progressed too far to admit of fattening for 

 the butcher. 



