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and the nostrils are widely expanded in the act of breathing; the 

 animal hangs down his head, and stands in a kind of stupid, mopingr 

 state. 



It does not usually happen however, that all the symptoms which 

 have been enumerated, are to be observed on the first attack of 

 Inflammation of the Lungs. Now and then, the pulse is not only 

 quick, but very weak, and the heart so much oppressed, that its mo- 

 tion is scarcely to be felt ; though commonly, the pulse is encreased 

 in fulness, as well as quickness. One of the most fatal symptoms in 

 this disorder, is, the continuance of that moping stupor, which I 

 have alluded to, and which is commonly characterestic of extensive 

 congestion, or deep-seated Inflammation, in the parenchymatous 

 substance of the Lungs. — Bleeding to a great extent, is the grand 

 remedy in these attacks upon the Lungs, or Pleura of Horses, which 

 almost always prove fatal, if this indispensably necessary operation be 

 delayed, for more than three or four days. Neither are we to omit 

 our other important remedies for inflammation, in this alarming dis- 

 ease. Six quarts of blood, or in the case of a large coach or cart 

 Horse, even eight quarts are to be taken without delay, and saved in 

 the vessel it is received in. The limbs of the animal, if cold, 

 should be hand-rubbed diligently and with perseverance, by two per- 

 sons at least, and as soon as their natural warmth is restored, they 

 should be preserved in that state, by hay-bands rolled round them, 

 as high as they can be made to remain upon them. If the rest of the 

 surface be cold, it should be rubbed until it becomes warm, and be 

 well (fovered with woollen cloathing> especially in cold weather. But 

 this practice must be adopted with moderation in summer, and omitted 

 altogether if the weather be sultry. As soon as the bleeding has 



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