BRONCHITIS. OR SWELLING IN THE THROAT. 
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CHAPTER I. 
DISEASES OF THE HEAD AND CHEST. 
BRONCHITIS, OR SWELLING IN THE THROAT. 
Symptoms. —This is a common complaint, and consists of an 
enlargement of the glands of the throat. It is a disease to 
which the smaller breeds of dogs are more particularly subject, 
and comparatively of rare occurrence with the larger kinds. 
Young dogs are most liable to it; and if not attended to 
early, it may become a fixed swelling, not reducible at any 
after period. It produces a stiffness of the neck; and if 
swelling is on one side, the animal sometimes has his head 
inclining to the opposite side. There is seldom much pain, 
nor does it often terminate fatally. It, however, occasions 
pain if pressed upon. 
Remedies. —The hair should be clipped off the swelling, 
and the part well rubbed with the following ointment :— 
Calomel 1 drachm, 
White cerate . . ^ ounce. 
This to be repeated daily, until a cure is effected; but if no 
diminution is visible in a week, add half-an-ounce of blister¬ 
ing-ointment to the above proportions. Let the animal have 
a quarter of an ounce of nitre, in his drink, daily. 
If the swelling is noticed early, fomentations will often 
perform a cure Sew up a quantity of camomile flowers in a 
bag, immerse them in hot water, and apply it to the parts 
affected. Let it be applied as hot as the animal can bear it 
