CHAPTER X. 
diseases of the respiratory tract. 
Catarrh or Cold. 
Symptoms. — Constant dribbling of watery or opaque fluid from 
the trunk ; watering from the eyes. The eyelids may be swollen 
and half closed. The body may be cold or the surface temperature 
uneven. The animal is listless ; there is loss of appetite and con- 
siderable thirst. Constipation is usual. The causes which produced 
the condition in this tract may affect other parts ; hence diarrhoea 
may be present. If care is not taken, severe cases may run on to 
more serious trouble such as inflammation 6f the lungs. 
Treatment. — Keep the animal in some sheltered place and if 
very damp and cold throw a tarpaulin over the body. Allow plenty 
of freshly-made gruel to which may be added salt or sugar. Tempt 
the appetite with sugar-cane, fruits, young grass, etc. 
Extract of belladonna ... i dr. 
Chlorate of potash ... ... 2 drs. 
Aniseed ... ... •••3 drs. 
Honey ... ... ... A sufficiency. 
Should be mixed into a thin paste and given three times a day. 
OR 
Camphor ••. ... ... 2 drs. 
Aniseed ... ... ... \ oz. 
Liquorice ... ... | oz. 
Twice or thrice a day. 
OR 
Sweet spirits of nitre ... ... 2 ozs. 
Liquor ammonia acetatis (dilute) ... 4 ozs. 
Soaked in boiled rice with sugar or treacle. Twice daily. 
A common native massaul is to take 9 drs. each of the following : — 
Hindustani. 
Bdellium (Balsamodendron agalochia) {googul)' 
Mustard seed (Sinapis nigra) {rye) 
Add a sufficiency of 
wheat flour to make 
Turmeric (Curcuma aromatica) (huldee) > into three boluses 
Assafoetida (Ferula assafcetida) {hing) and give one night 
Borax (Bib orate of soda) {souohagd)} and morning. 
Omum seed (Ptychotis ajwan) {ajwan)... i oz., maybe used in- 
stead of the borax. 
Stimulants of any kind may be given with advantage. 
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