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should be kept warm, and a few doses of the following 
mixture administered :— 
Digitalis . . | drachm, 
Nitre . . 2 drachms 
Emetic tartar . . 1 drachm; 
to be given in the form of a ball. Instead of corn, his 
food should consist of hay and mashes. 
BRONCHITIS. 
Symptoms.— Inflammation of the bronchial tubes mani¬ 
fests itself by the breathing being considerably harder 
and quicker than in a common catarrh; and also by a 
wheezing sound accompanying the inspirations of air into 
the lungs, and which is temporarily removed when the horse 
coughs up the mucus secreted by the inflamed membrane 
of the throat. 
Cause. —Bronchitis is generally induced by a severe cold, 
and is indicated by the cough being severe. The seat 
of the disease is in the divisions of the trachea, or wind¬ 
pipe, just before it enters the lungs. At this portion it 
branches out into a numerous series of vessels, and these 
are denominated the bronchial tubes , and hence the inflam¬ 
mation which attacks their lining has been called bronchitis. 
This disease is generally induced by catarrh having gained 
an ascendancy, and the inflammation extending to the 
entrance of the lungs. 
Remedies. —Moderate bleeding must be resorted to, as 
too much taken in this complaint would prove injurious. 
Blisters on the chest should also be applied, and the follow¬ 
ing medicine given- 
Digitalis . . 1 drachm, 
Nitre . . 3 drachms, 
Emetic tartar 1^ drachm 
