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is continuous — it will give rise to the disease called bronchitis. 
The frontal sinuses are likewise in the way of becoming affected, 
and inflammation in them, no doubt, would occasion head-ache, 
manifested by unusual dulness or heaviness : further than this I 
am afraid we know but little about this form of catarrhal disorder. 
The TREATMENT of catarrh is in general a very simple affair ; 
consisting rather in what French physicians have styled medicine 
expectante than in any active remedial measures. 
For A SLIGHT CATARRH, take the horse out of his warm (per- 
haps foul) stable, or from any cold or wet situation in which he 
may happen to be, and turn him loose into a box of the temperature 
of 55 deg. of Far., and take care that he has an ample bed, clean, 
dry, and free from impurities. In cold weather clothe him warm- 
ly, and, if required, flannel-bandage his legs. Give him nothing 
to eat for the first two days but sloppy bran-mashes, and let him 
have linseed tea or gruel, or chilled water, to drink, a pailful of 
either beverage being hung up within his box, of which he may 
partake at pleasure. Encourage any flux there may be from his 
nostrils by steaming them twice or thrice a day with scalded bran 
in a hair nose-bag. Should he have any cough or soreness of 
throat, let his throttle be rubbed with this liniment : 
Solution of ammonia, 
Olive oil, in equal parts : well shaken together in a phial. 
Should the dung prove hard and dark-coloured, an enema of soft 
soap and tepid water is to be given, and repeated daily until the 
dung becomes of a pultaceous consistence. Purgation is inad- 
visable, and therefore I abstain from giving aloes ; the only medi- 
cine I give, if any, is a ball composed of 
Potassio-tartrate of antimony, 3j 
Nitrate of potash, jiij 
With honey or treacle sufficient. 
Some veterinarians are in the habit of giving the spirits of nitric 
sether in one or two ounce doses in gruel, twice or thrice a-day. 
In SEVERE CATARRH, and particularly when there is much ac- 
companying fever, blood-letting is practised with advantage ; though 
even in this case, the soothing and privative mode of treatment 
will in time work a cure. But blood-letting shortens the ailment, 
and often proves of service in preventing any serious extension of 
the inflammation. Should the pulse run high after bleeding, 
nauseate with scruple or half-drachm doses of white hellebore-root; 
but do not repeat the ball oftener than twice a-day, and take care 
to narrowly watch its effects. Keep the bowels soluble by injec- 
tions, and continue the gruel or linseed drink, and the bran- mash. 
Boiled carrots, turnips, potatoes, scalded oats, malt-mash, fresh 
