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or a mixture of bran and middlings moistened with 

 milk. Inhalationof steam, or vapor from boiling water 

 in which hops or a small quantity of carbolic acid 

 or creoline has been placed, is beneficial. Give with 

 the food two grains of black antimony twice a day. A 



small quantity of 

 flax seed'steeped 

 in hot water 

 makes a demul- 

 cent drink that 

 often gives great 

 relief ; and, in the 

 absence of this, 

 honey or gum 

 arabic may be 

 added to the 

 drinking water 

 wich advantage. 

 If the attack pro- 

 mises to be 

 severe, it may 

 sometimes be 

 checked in the 

 early stages by 

 giving ten drops 

 of spirits of 



Fig-. 4. — Lungof a bird represented in ideal Ion- ,. 



^itudinal section; an, secondary bronchi. B, dense turpentine ip a 



network of minute blood vessels which makes up , l t r 



thepreater part of the lung tissue and to which the teaspoontul 01 

 tertiary bronchi convey the air. j_ -i j 



castor Oil and re- 

 peating this dose after five or six hours. It should not 

 be continued after there are signs of purging, for fear 

 of exhausting the strength of the patient. In the very 

 acute cases, where the whistling or snoring sounds with 

 the respiration indicate a croupous form of inflam- 



