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.
" 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.