196 PLETTRO-PNETJMONIA, PTJLMONABT MUEBAIN, <fec. 



teristicof the disease, and when once heard will rarely 

 be mistaken again. The owner says, perhaps, he 

 has heard this " hoose *' for two or three days, but 

 has paid no attention to it. On inquiry, we find the 

 animal does not give so much milk as usual, and that 

 it has a slightly yellowish tinge ; the appetite is not 

 much imparied, yet she is careless of her food and 

 does not lick her dish clean ; when at rest the breath- 

 ing does not show any departure from its healthy 

 play, but if the animal is moved about or walks some 

 distance, it becomes more frequent, labored, anjrl 

 difficult ; the pulse is often healthy in character, al- 

 though sometimes it is weak and slightly increased in 

 frequency ; the bowels may be confined or purged 

 or quite regular ; the body is sometimes hot, some- 

 times cold. The cow appears dull and listless, and 

 when at grass, separates herself from her companions, 

 and lies on the ground when they are feeding. 



In the Second Stage. The cough is now more fre- 

 quent, and thick frothy phlegm dribbles from the 

 mouth ; the breathing is short when the air is taken 

 into the lungs, and long when it is pressed out of them ; 

 the inhalation is attended with much pain, causing 

 the animal to grunt and grate her teeth ; the grunt 

 is heard when the animal is pressing the air out from 

 her lungs ; the pain is evidently increased by 

 coughing and change of position, and to lessen it the 

 cough is now suppressed or held back, and is short, 

 and the cow stands fixed in one place. The pain is 

 owing to the pleura being inflamed, and'the inflamed 



