284 The Diseases of Animals 



doses, well diluted with water, and apply a mustard 

 plaster to the lungs if the congestion continues. 



PNEUMONIA, INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS, LUNG FEVER 



Inflammation of the lungs is a rather common 

 disease in all domestic animals. There are several 

 forms of the disease, depending on the part of the 

 lung most seriously affected. If the outer covering 

 (pleura) is also diseased, the name pleuro- pneumonia 

 is given; when the bronchial tubes are also affected, 

 the trouble is called broncho - pneumonia. If the 

 disease is confined to one lobe of the lung, it is called 

 lobar- pneumonia. Again, the disease takes different 

 names according to the character of the discharge 

 thrown off by the lungs; so that there are croupous 

 pneumonia, catarrhal pneumonia, and the like. The 

 treatment for the different varieties is the same. 



Exposure, especially when warm and sweaty, brings 

 on this disease. It occurs most frequently in cold 

 weather. In many cases it seems to start as a severe 

 "cold." Any irritating substance in the lungs may 

 produce it, such as medicine poured into the nostrils 

 which often gets into the lungs. Damp, dark and 

 crowded stables predispose animals to pneumonia. True 

 pneumonia is probably caused by germs or bacteria, 

 and is often infectious. 



Pneumonia usually starts with a chill, which is 

 followed by a fever, the temperature of the patient 

 gradually rising to 104 or 105 degrees Fahrenheit, In 

 some cases, in the early stages, there are colicky pains. 



