PNEUMONIA, INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. 23 



CHAPTER III. 

 DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF RESPIRATIOH 



Pneumonia, Inflammation of the 

 Lungs. 



THIS disease may be caused by exposure to col< 

 and wet ; too severe weather ; sudden changes o 

 weather ; cold nights and mornings and hot mid 

 days, are apt to induce it. 



SYMPTOMS. Want of appetite ; loss of the cud 

 dull, staring eyes ; ears are hung down ; the head i 

 held up ; the mouth open ; breathing quick, labored 

 and difficult, with heaving of the flanks ; grating o 

 the teeth ; inside of the nose and white of the eye: 

 much reddened ; a discharge, at first thin anc 

 watery, afterwards mattery and offensive, flows fron 

 the nostrils ; frequent painful cough, attended witl 

 rattling in the throat. These symptoms gradually 

 become more and more severe until the anima 

 dies. 



TREATMENT. The SPECIFIC for FEVER, A. A, wil 

 generally be found sufficient. Give a close of fiv< 

 drops every two hours. Should the disease no 

 yield in a day or two, the SPECIFIC for INFLAMEI 

 LUNGS, E E, in doses of five drops, may be alter 

 nated with the A A, every three hours. 



