[12] This includes the larynx, pharynx, and trachea.
BRONCHITIS.
Bronchitis consists in a thickening of the fibrous and mucous surfaces of the trachea, and generally results from maltreated hoose or catarrh.
Symptoms.—A dry, husky, wheezing cough, laborious breathing, hot breath, and dry tongue.
Treatment.—Warm poultices of slippery elm or flaxseed, on the surface of which sprinkle powdered lobelia. Apply them to the throat moderately warm; if they are too hot they will prove injurious. In the first place administer the following drink:—
| Powdered licorice, | 1 ounce. |
| Powdered elecampane, | half an ounce. |
| Slippery elm, | 1 ounce. |
Boiling water sufficient to make it of the consistence of thin gruel.
If there is great difficulty of breathing, add half a tea-spoon of lobelia to the above, and repeat the dose night and morning. Linseed or marshmallow tea is a valuable auxiliary in the treatment of this disease. The animal should be comfortably housed, and the legs kept warm by friction with coarse straw.