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Symptoms. The nose is raised and protruded, the head 

 being carried stiffly and more in a line with the neck than 

 usual, and there is swelling of the throat or beneath the 

 roots of the ears. There is cough, hard in laryngitis, and 

 dry and husky in pharyngitis, and, later, loose and gur- 

 ghng in both diseases. With laryngitis there is much ten- 

 derness to touch, and, in the early stages, a loud, harsh 

 blowing sound which may become loose and rattling as 

 the disease advances. With pharyngitis there is a little 

 tenderness, but difficulty in swallowing, chewed morsels 

 being often dropped again and water rejected through the 

 nose. The discharge from the nose is more glairy than in 

 nasal catarrh or bronchitis, and on its appearance the act- 

 ive fever usually subsides in great part. If there is much 

 redness of the membrane of the nose, and high fever, the 

 case is likely to be severe, and the same is true of cases with 

 a painful, paroxysmal cough. 



In Ghronic Sore-throat there may appear to be general 

 good health, but a cough comes on in paroxysms when the 

 patient comes into the cold air, drinks cold water, eats diy 

 oats or dusty hay or undergoes active exertion. There are 

 also more or less tenderness and wheezing or ratthng in 

 the throat, and sometimes shght swelling. 



Treatment. Eest in a clean, dry, airy stable or box. 

 Clothe warmly and flannel bandage the legs if cold or 

 tending to shiver. Tie a rug or sheep-skin with wool in 

 around the neck. Steam the nose as for strangles. Unless 

 the fever and pulse are low or the affection of an influenza 

 tyjie, a laxative is usually beneficial (horse, aloes; ox 

 and sheep, Glauber salts ; dog and pig, castor oil ;) following 

 up with nitre or acetate of potassa in the water, and ano- 

 dynes as electuaries. Solid extract of belladonna 4 drs. ; 

 tannic acid 1 dr. ; bisulphite of soda 4 drs. ; honey or 

 syrup 5 oz. ; mix. Dose — horse and ox a piece as large aa 

 a hickory nut ; sheep one-fourth, dog one-tenth of this bulk, 

 thrice daily. To be smeared on the back teeth and swal- 

 lowed at leisure. 



