CHAPTER X.
DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT.
CATARRH OR COLD.
Symptoms.—Constant dribbling of watery or opaque fluid from
the trunk ; watering from the eyes. The eyelids may be swollen
and half closed. The body may be cold or the surface temperature
uneven. The animal is listless ; there is loss of appetite and con-
siderable thirst. Constipation is usual. The causes which produced
the condition in this tract may affect other parts ; hence diarrhoea
may be present. If care is not taken, severe cases may run on to
more serious trouble such as inflammation of the lungs.
Treatment.—Keep the animal in some sheltered place and if
very damp and cold throw a tarpaulin over the body. Allow plenty
of freshly-made gruel to which may be added salt or sugar. Tempt
the appetite with sugar-cane, fruits, young grass, etc.
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Extract of belladonna ... |
1 dr. |
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Chlorate of potash ... ... |
2 drs. |
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Aniseed ... ... |
3 drs. |
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Honey ... ... |
A sufficiency. |
Should be mixed into a thin paste and given three times a day.
OR
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Camphor ... ... ... |
2 drs. |
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Aniseed ... ... ... |
½ oz. |
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Liquorice ... ... ... |
½ oz. |
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Twice or thrice a day. |
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OR |
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Sweet spirits of nitre ... ... |
2 ozs. |
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Liquor ammonia acetatis (dilute) ... |
4 ozs. |
Soaked in boiled rice with sugar or treacle. Twice daily.
A common native massaul is to take 9 drs. each of the following:—
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HINDUSTANI. |
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Bdellium (Balsamodendron agglochia) (googul) |
Add a sufficiency of |
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Mustard seed (Sinapis nigra) (rye) |
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Turmeric (Curcuma aromatica) (huldee) |
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Assafœtida (Ferula assafœtida) (hing) |
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Borax (Biborate of soda) (sowhaga) |
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Omum seed (Ptychotis ajwan) (ajwan)... |
I oz., may be used in- |
Stimulants of any kind may be given with advantage.
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