diseases of the digestive organs.

NONCONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF RESPIRATION. 109tite is not decreased and the milk secretion is kept up. It may becaused by an attack of asthma, or may result from chronic bronchitis.The disease can be diagnosed by the marked interference with respiration.The animal, as a rule, is emaciated, has a staring coat, and ishidebound. If percussion is resorted to, the animal's chest will givea tympanic, drum-like sound. The normal resonant sound is exaggerated.Treatment—The disease is incurable, and only a palliative form oftreatment can be carried out. The destruction of the animal is oftenadvisable, from a humane as well as from a financialpoint of view.PULMONARY CONGESTION.Cattle that are overdriven or overworked are liable to pulmonarycongestion in an acute form, and sometimes pulmonary apoplexy. Insuch cases the animal should be allowed to rest, and if the weather behot put in a shady place. Give stimulants internally, and apply stimulatingapplications to the legs, and bandage.HAEMOPTYSIS.This is a term used to signify bleeding from the lungs. The troublemay result from a previous congestion of the lungs, or from a breakingdown of the lung substance, or from specific disorders.Bleeding from the lungs comes from both nostrils and from the mouth.The blood is bright red, frothy, and accompanied by a cough, the flowbeing somewhat profuse and intermingled with mucus. It may ceaseof its own accord. Internally haemostatics are indicated, and locally overthe sides cold applications have a tendency to check the hemorrhage.Give the animal a drench composed of 1£ drams of gallic acid dissolvedin a pint of water.ABSCESS OF THE LUNG.An abscess of the lung sometimes forms during the course of or subsequentto certain pulmonary diseases. An animal affected with abscessof the lung usually has a protracted, feeble cough, and a general appearanceof emaciation and anaemia. The pulse is feeble and the breathfoul. An offensive discharge from the lungs frequently occurs. Percussionand auscultation will aid in making a diagnosis in this condition.The appetite is poor. Such animals go from bad to worse, andtheir prompt destruction would, as a rule, be to the interest of theowner.HYDROTHORAX.Hydrothorax, or dropsy of the chest, is not a disease in itself, but issimply a condition where an effusion takes place in the chest cavity,and is the result or effect of some disease, mostly pleurisy. This con-