Text book of veterinary medicine, Volume 1 (of 5)Law, James
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Text book of veterinary medicine, Volume 1 (of 5)
Law, James
Veterinary medicine
A =weak cough= wanting in resonance and heard only at a short distance
from the horse, is usually associated with chronic chest diseases and
the last stages of acute thoracic inflammations.
A =short=, =broken= or =abortive cough= is one which appears to be
suddenly cut short and suppressed, from the pain it causes. It is seen
in the early stages of inflammations of the serous membranes of the
chest or abdomen, when the quick rubbing of the dry and inflamed
surfaces of these membranes on each other produces exquisite pain. It
characterizes especially the _debut_ of pleurisy, pleuro-pneumonia and
peritonitis. This cough is infrequent for the same reason that it is
short.
A =dry=, =loud=, =rasping=, or =croupous cough= is peculiar to the early
stages of laryngitis, tracheitis and bronchitis, when the membrane is
swollen, tense and dry. It is equally met with in diphtheritic and
croupous affections implicating the larynx.
A =small=, =weak=, =dry=, =husky cough= without any _rasping_ is
characteristic of broken wind (heaves) emphysema of the lungs, asthma,
or chronic bronchitis.
A =soft=, =humid= or =rattling cough= exists in the advanced stages of
laryngitis, bronchitis and pneumonia when the activity of the
inflammation has given way and a free exudation has taken place from the
mucous membrane. It is usually accompanied by a discharge, in solipedes
from the nose, and in other animals from nose and mouth.
A =soft cough= with a peculiar gurgling in the larynx is sometimes met
with in croup.
A =paroxysmal cough= is one repeated five, ten, or twenty times in rapid
succession. It is common in chronic bronchitis, early heaves, emphysema,
verminous bronchitis and influenza. In such cases it is observed chiefly
when the subject is brought out to the cold air, when he takes a drink
of cold water, or when he has just had some active exertion, or some
dusty or fibrous food.
A =symptomatic cough= is one due to disease in some other organs than
the respiratory, and which irritates the air passages through nervous
sympathy (reflex action). It is commonly small, short and dry.
Inflammation or other disease of the liver, indigestions and intestinal
worms are occasional causes of symptomatic cough. In the case of worms
it may be loud, clear and ringing.
OTHER MORBID SOUNDS.
Besides cough may be noticed the _wheezing_ breathing characteristic of
_broken wind_, _chronic bronchitis_ and _asthma_, _roaring_,
_whistling_, etc., as already described, and the sound between a _moan_
and _grunt_, produced in pneumonia especially in the ox.
EXPECTORATION.
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