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
Dogs are rarely the subjects of simple coryza, though it is constant in
distemper. It sometimes proves troublesome in puppies and old dogs. A
laxative (½–1 ounce castor oil) may be followed in strong and very
feverish cases by tartar emetic (¼—½ grain) three times a day. Spraying
or sponging the nose with a weak solution of chlorate of potass, common
salt, or potassium permanganate will greatly relieve. Inhalation from
burning sulphur, or from carbonate of ammonia, or both may be used when
sponging or spraying is difficult. In inveterate cases, the weak
electric current sent through the cheeks, or the insufflation of
acetanilid, iodoform or calomel may be tried. As a rule, saltpeter in
five grain doses, given in the water, will prove helpful, and in weak
conditions wine, tincture of gentian or nux vomica may be used.
CHRONIC NASAL, CATARRH. NASAL GLEET. OZŒNA IN THE HORSE.
Chronic catarrh in horse, simple form, loss of tone, inflammation,
nature of discharge, glandular swellings, differentiation from
glanders. Treatment, astringent, tonic, stimulant, hygienic, locally
astringents, antiseptics, injections.
A chronic discharge from the nose is often seen in the horse as a sequel
of _coryza_ or _sore throat_, or as an attendant on other affections of
the upper air passages, and the different conditions productive of this
symptom may here be noticed.
1ST. SIMPLE NASAL CATARRH. NASAL GLEET. OZŒNA.
In long standing _coryza_ the nasal mucous membrane becomes relaxed,
fails to acquire its lost tone and continues to pour out a muco-purulent
product. This is really a persistence of inflammation of a low type,
under the influence of which the membrane secretes pus in place of its
normal mucus. The discharge is white, thick, creamy, has little
tenacity, and flows uninterruptedly. There may be slight enlargement of
the submaxillary glands, and if the case is of long standing and the
patient in low condition sores may appear on the mucous membrane. These
ulcers are distinguished from those of _glanders_ by the absence of the
unhealthy angry aspect and excavated borders of the latter, by the
absence of the small nodular deposits on the mucosa, by the less viscid
nature of the secretion, and by the absence of submaxillary swellings,
or if these exist, by their being less nodular, less indurated and less
firmly attached to surrounding parts. The coincidence of ulcers and
submaxillary swellings is always, however, matter for the gravest
suspicion, and such cases should, as a rule, be subjected to the mallein
test. (See Glanders and Farcy).
_Treatment._ In simple nasal catarrh, due alone to the relaxation of the
mucous membrane, the internal use of tonics and the local application of
astringent solutions to the nose rapidly restore the parts to a healthy
state.
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