CHAPTER JIL 
THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 
COUGH. 
\OUGH is usually a symptom of some disease, but it may exist inde- 
le pendently. In the former case it is remedied by the removal of the 
| disease; in the latter, the treatment below will generally cure it. In 
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strained and causes no inconvenience. The independent cough which de- 
a healthy condition, cattle often have a cough which is not con- 
mands treatment is caused by dust; indigestion; some substance in the wind- 
pipe; cold. If it be dull, hollow, worse after drinking, and easily excited, 
the cause is probably lung-disorder, or, if it be severe, it may result from 
‘dropsy of the chest. , 
TREATMENT.—Give belladonna in most cases, especially for dry, hack- 
ing or barking cough. Dulcamara is needed for loose cough from a cold. 
For cough attended with diarrhea, give chamomilla. Ipecac is good for 
difficult breathing, phlegm, and rattling of the chest. Give arsenicum for 
oppressed breathing, worse on exposure to cold; loss of strength and flesh. 
For long-standing cases, for dry, rough cough, and for that caused by frost, 
give bryonia. Sulphur is suitable for long-continued, obstinate cough. It 
may be alternated with one of the above remedies which has not effected 
the desired result. Of these remedies give a dose three or four-times a day 
until improvement begins; then once or twice a day. Keep the animal in 
a place that is comfortable, well ventilated, and free from draughts of air 
and north or east winds. Give only good food, as carrots and linseed-tea. 
COLD.—CATARRH.—CORYZA. 
Common cold or catarrh is caused by exposure to draughts of air, or 
drinking cold water, when the animal is heated; sudden changes of 
weather; cold water applied to the skin of a heated animal, without subse- 
quently drying; cold, wet weather; hot, close, impure and overcrowded 
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