_Bronchitis_.--This is a much more common and dangerous disease than is generally supposed. It often attacks cats at a particular age--say, six or eight months--and, indeed, is somewhat analogous to distemper in the dog. It is ushered in by the usual symptoms of a bad cold--staring coat, watery eyes, and a slight cough. If the disease be confined to the lining membranes of the nose and throat, there will be but little cough, but it usually attacks the bronchi (windpipes) themselves. There is pain, a slight swelling of the nose, and mattery exudation from both nose and eyes. After a few days of the acute comes _the chronic stage_. Pussy is now a very wretched and unhappy little object indeed. She wanders about the house coughing continually, with her little tongue protruding. She gets rapidly thin, and refuses all food; and, if not attended to, generally seeks some quiet, dark corner in which to die. _Treatment_.--Great good can be done in the first stage by hot fomentations applied across the face. These must be frequent, or they are of no avail. Keep pussy indoors, and at first let her diet be low-- simply bread and milk, and occasionally fish. Give her castor-oil alone, if there is no diarrhoea; if there is, add to the dose two drops of solution of muriate of morphia. As the disease gets chronic, and pussy begins to lose flesh, do everything you can to support her strength by beef-tea, nourishing food, and wine. If the cough is troublesome, get her the following, compounded by your own chemist:--R. Extr. conii, Pil. scillae, co. aa., gr. xv.; Camph., gr. xx. Mix and make into twenty-four pills, and give one night and morning. Latterly give cod-liver oil to complete the cure, which, in this case, will act like magic. If the mange is present in any shape, it must be carefully seen to as directed under that heading. _Fits_.--These are by no means uncommon among our domestic cats. They are of various kinds--fainting fits, delirious fits, and convulsive fits. The former are usually caused by weakness, exposure to the weather, and general ill-treatment, or loss of blood. All that is required during the fit is rest and exposure to a current of cool air. After the fit you ought to set about getting pussy's bodily health into better condition by good food, tonics, and oil. _Delirious_ fits are those in which the poor cat, through mental or bodily suffering, apparently goes wild, dashing madly through the house, springing through a window, and finally hiding herself away in some dark corner. You must catch her and put her into a quiet room, and do all you can to soothe her. Apply smelling-salts to the nostrils, and bleed. This operation is easily performed by making a puncture through any of the small veins inside the ear, and fomenting in hot water. An emetic-- if the cat is not insensible--will, in all probability, do good, as, both in the delirious and convulsive fits, the stomach and bowels are generally out of order.