22 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
room with an ordinary bronchitis kettle, and if the 
symptoms are unusually urgent, the steam may be rendered 
sedative by putting a few bruised poppy-heads in the water. 
Warm broths or bread and milk form the most suitable 
diet. é 
From the susceptibility of a return of the malady, 
unnecessary exposure to cold or damp should be avoided, 
and, until a thorough restoration to health is established, 
the animal should not be allowed to return to his natural 
and ordinary life. 
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. 
This is usually a sequel of the acute form, and is more 
generally met with in old animals. It rarely leaves the 
patient, and increases in severity in the cold seasons of the 
year. 
The symptoms are invariable ; cough of a husky charac- 
- ter, shortness of breath, increased with exertion, expectora 
tion, and retching. 
Treatment.—This consists in alleviating the symptoms, 
and avoiding unnecessary exposure to cold and damp. 
Occasional stimulants combined with iron form the best 
medicinal treatment, and the cough mixture prescribed in 
acute form is also useful. If necessary, an emetic may be 
given, to clear the phlegm. 
VERMINOUS BRONCHITIS IN DOGS* 
“ Early in the month of January I was asked by Prin- 
cipal McEachran, F.R.C.V.S., to aid him in the investiga- 
» A Paper read before the Montreal Veterinary Medical Association, 
March 2gth, 1877, by William Osler, M.D., L-.R.C.P. Lond.; Fellow 
of the Royal Microscopical Society, London; Vice-President of the 
Montreal Veterinary Medical Association ; Professor of Physiology in 
McGill University, and in the Veterinary College, Montreal. 
