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BRONCHITIS, PLEURISY, AND CONSUMPTION IN 
CATTLE. 
By W. You ATT. 
I MAY, perhaps, be forgiven if, under the present state of things, 
I refer my readers to a short abstract of the real state of cattle pro- 
ceedings ten or twelve years ago, and from which I believe I 
have rarely deviated. My observations shall be short and to the 
purpose. 
Bronchitis is seldom pure. It is generally preceded by pain- 
ful and husky cough. It is the inter-step between catarrh and 
consumption. It is detected by a sunken, anxious, haggard look — 
a rapid and laborious breathing — a painful cough, against the ac- 
tion of which the animal strives as much as he is able — never full 
and perfect, but husky and wheezing — and an evident conscious- 
ness of the danger of suffocation. The slightest motion aggravat- 
ing the cough, and the breath particularly heated. The seat of in- 
flammation being deep, no pain is indicated when the side of the 
animal is pressed upon or lightly struck; the animal, conse- 
quently, not gazing anxiously at its sides : but, most of all, he 
loses flesh rapidly, and to a fearful extent, becoming a mere 
skeleton, 
To young cattle bronchitis is particularly destructive, especially 
to yearlings. The cough becomes more and more distressing : its 
intermissions are short, but the paroxysms are exceedingly violent. 
He is off his feed — hide-bound — the belly tucked up — his coat 
staring — his flanks heaving — and it is painful to hear him cough. 
At length he dies, and the whole of the bronchial passages are 
found choaked with worms. 
Bleeding will be the first remedy — it should be carried to the 
extent which the pulse will allow. To this should follow physic 
and sedative medicines, with mashes. 
We now trace the evident causes of pneumonia. The beast is 
dull — the head is extended or drooping — grazing and rumination 
have ceased — the flanks heave, but not so laboriously as in bron- 
chitis. There is cough frequent and sore, — but not so frequent nor so 
urgent nor so painful as in that of bronchitis. The mouth is hot, but 
the horns and ears and feet are cold — deathy cold. . The animal 
will not lie down — he will scarcely move, but more from inability 
to move, and he wants the use of the muscles for other pur- 
poses than from fear of suffocation, and he plainly and anxiously 
points out the seat of disease by looking at one or both flanks. 
