PNEUMONIA. 81 



reddened ; horse sometimes stands constantly in the same 

 place and posture, fore legs stretched out, head toward a 

 door or open window, looking backward from time to time 

 at its heaving flanks in a peculiarly despondent manner; 

 never lies down. 



Third stage : Respiration quicker and more oppressed ; 

 pulse quicker, but less distinct; extremities cold; nasal 



Fig. IT. Usual position during a serious attack of Pneumonia. 



membrane changes from red to a leaden hue; convulsive 

 twitchings of the muscles of the surface ; extreme un- 

 easiness ; up and down ; reeling gait ; haggard counte- 

 nance ; delirium, convulsions, death. 



Auscultation, according to D'Arboval, reveals a crepi- 

 tating, humid rattle around the inflamed places, with a 

 louder respiratory murmur than in other parts. Percus- 

 sion reveals deadness in diseased parts, resonance in others. 

 When the roots only of the lungs are inflamed, these tests 

 are not present. Robertson says the heart sounds are also 

 intensified over the consolidated (lung) area. 



Remedy.— Box; temperature 60 to 70° F. Clothe 

 body, bandage legs. Cold linseed tea ; steamed food ; 

 fresh grass for horses, cattle, sheep. Bleeding in acute 



