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of pleuropneumonia, but tie is not sparing in words of caution, and in impressing on the 

 minds of agriculturists that there is no specific against the disease.* He indorses Dela- 

 fond s practice of blood-letting, and says that if this is resorted to at the right time the 

 animal improves at once. If the patient is young, robust, in good condition; if the mucous 

 membranes are red, the pulse small, hard, and frequent, breathing short and quick, heart 

 beats scarcely to be felt, then ten to fifteen or twenty pounds of blood must be abstracted. 

 It is only by this means, says Sauberg, that the abundant exudation of plastic lymph in 

 the lungs, as well as other evil results, can be averted. If no improvement is observed 

 within eighteen to twenty-four hours, a second and even larger blood-letting must be 

 performed. After the fifth day of an attack of pleuropneumonia Sauberg rarely bled, and 

 whenever he did so he observed great prostration and often death. It is evident, he says, 

 that, whereas an early bleeding may prevent the exudation, should this have taken place, the 

 loss of blood may undermine the vital powers so as to prevent the possibility of recovery. 



Sauberg is one of the strongest advocates of derivatives. He recommends a seton 

 on the dewlap, or one on either side of the chest. He also advises a blister spread over 

 a surface deprived of hair to the extent of a man s hand, behind each shoulder-blade. 

 The vesicant he uses is a compound of potassio-tartrate of antimony, powdered cantharides, 

 and euphorbium of each three quentchen,f lard four loth,J and one loth of oil of turpentine. 

 He also suggests the application of the red-hot iron to the sides of the chest. In slight 

 cases rowels dressed with black hellebore suffice. The quicker and more active the results 

 of these applications, the more favorable is their operation. 



The internal remedies recommended by Sauberg consist mainly of tartar emetic, 

 which, he says, is attended with the best results. He gives it in the morning in one or 

 two drachm doses, with two or three ounces of sulphate of soda, an ounce of nitrate of 

 potash, and half an ounce of powdered juniper berries. This has an effect on the ani 

 mal s bowels. In gastric or bilious complications he gives the emetic tartar in two to four 

 ounces of white soap. 



When the fever is slight, the cough strong, and appetite good, Sauberg advises not 

 to bleed, and the same applies to old and weak animals, especially cows liable to abort, 

 &c. He still persists in the tartarized antimony, and gives it with ten to sixty grains of 

 asafetida, and an ounce of powdered juniper berries, twice daily in water. Bitter herbs, 

 oil of turpentine, camphor, tar water, arnica, fennel, &c , are remedies suggested. 



A wise precaution is insisted on by Sauberg, and that is to avoid a profuse and 

 debilitating purgation. 



The practice recommended by Delafond and Sauberg has very largely been carried 

 out and recommended by other authors, such as Kreutzer, Roll, (fee., even of late. Roll 

 adds to the treatment by bleeding, tartar emetic, (fee., the administration, in cachectic and 

 feeble animals, of sulphate of iron with tar-water, or of alum, tannin, mineral acids, arid 

 other tonics. 



* At page 131 of Sauberg s work, already quoted, the author says: &quot;Wir haben kein Arcanum gegen die Lun- 

 genseuche des Kindviehes und werden auch kc-ius finden ; wenn man nur beriicksichtigt wio die Kraukheit bei den 

 einzelnen Thiereu so verschieden ist, und die JIHtel, die bei eiiiem Kranken mit Nutzen angewandt wurden, bei dem 

 anderen, wenn nicht Nachtheile, doch nicht gleich giiustige Erfolge zu Wege brachten, so wird man sich \vohl 

 beschciden. AVo der Landmann die Bohandlung der Krauken uicht einem Thierarzt anveitrauen kann oder will, sollte 

 er nur nacli allgemeinen Grundsatzen verfahren, eine zwcckmiissige Diiit anordnen, und nicht sein Heil in kostbareu 

 Mitteln sucheii, der Verbreitung der Seuche moglichst vorbauen, und, \vo Heilung der Erkninkten nicht miiglich ist, 

 das Schluchten vorziehen.&quot; 



t Quentchen = 1 drachm. t Loth = one-half ounce. 



