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stables; causes generally which bring on bronchitis (which see). It is 
often epidemic. . 
Symptoms.—Fever; loss of appetite; dry, husky, wheezing cough 
and breathing; dry nose, with thin, watery discharge from the nostrils and 
eyes; sneezing; red, swollen eyes; sometimes thick nasal discharge; low 
spirits. If neglected, cold may end in diseases of the larynx and lungs. 
TREATMENT.—Camphor is by far the best if used promptly at first, 
being given once a day. For sore throat and thick, offensive nasal dis- 
charge, give mercurius, alone or alternated with belladonna. For consti- 
pation and impaired appetite nux vomica will be invaluakle. For short, 
painful breathing, violent coughs, and unwillingness to move, bryonia 
is needed. Arsenicum is to be chosen for cold resulting from a heated ani- 
mal drinking cold water; difficult breathing; swollen legs; loss of appetite; 
much weakness; purging. When improvement takes place and has ad- 
vanced a considerable time, give sulphur twice daily for a few days. Of 
these remedies, speaking generally, the one selected should be given three 
or four times daily until the symptoms indicating it have abated, then less 
often. If an animal has been subjected to any of the causes of cold, or if a 
cold has just appeared, give three or four doses of camphor, twenty or thirty 
minutes apart, 7 the first stages, not after inflammation appears. This, 
with proper care, will usually suffice. See Cold in the Horse. 
SORE THROAT. 
Sore throat is an inflammation of the membranes of the back part of 
the mouth, involving the other organs of respiration. It is often epidemic 
in swampy, foggy districts, having causes similar to those of catarrh, though 
it may result from external injuries or irritating food. 
Symptoms.—lf the organs involved in swallowing are mainly affected, 
food is wholly refused or it is not well masticated, and is thrown out of the 
mouth; fluids in drinking freely flow from the nose; painful and difficult 
swallowing; saliva first flows from the mouth, then mucus; swollen tongue; 
the cud is suspended; painful and swollen throat; fever. When the 
larynx, glottis and upper part of the windpipe are affected, breathing is 
difficult; frequent dry, hoarse, painful cough, with threatened suffocation; 
painful, hot and swollen throat; full, rapid, hard pulse; great thirst; fluids 
returning through the nose during drinking; head stiffly stretched out; 
hard, dry dung. 
TREATMENT.—For full pulse, hot breath, dull, heavy eyes, skin once 
hot, then cold, give aconite in the first stages, ten drops to the dose. 
Belladonna is needed for swollen throat; quick, full pulse; hot skin; flow- 
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