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quivering of the muscles of the side and breast will be 

 observed in all cases of inflammation of the lungs^ and will 

 rarely deceive. The animal will eat nothing, and per- 

 sistently stands with his nose and mouth in the manger; 

 and if taken out of the stall and stable to the open air, he 

 will almost refuse to go back again into the stable, relief 

 being experienced from the fresh air. Hence, the necessity 

 for plenty of fresh air in all diseases of the lungs. When 

 the ear is applied to the side of the neck, a peculiar creak- 

 ing noise is heard. Slight discharge of serous flakes or 

 matter will be observed sticking to the sides of the nose. 

 If this disease be not subdued or cured, it ends in abscess. 

 The peculiar pulsations observed in this and other diseases, 

 will be found treated of in the introductory remarks. To 

 the non-professional person, the general aspect or appear- 

 ance of the horse, when under this disease, is infinitely 

 more important as a rule and guide in determining the seat 

 and nature of the disease, than any assistance they can gain 

 from the pulse. 



Cause. Alterations and sudden changes in heat, cold, 

 and moisture; an animal not in condition for Avork; a 

 hereditary predisposition in the lungs to take on disease. 

 Changes which will produce lung disease in one horse, will 

 produce disease of a different character in another. 



Treatment. Place the horse in a light and airy place, and 

 clothe him according to the weather. Bandages to the 

 legs will, at all seasons, be necessary to keep them warm, 

 and to that extent relieve the lungs of a portion of blood. 

 Aconite, judiciously given, is the most powerful remedy I 

 am acquainted with. Tartar Emetic, so valuable in this 

 disease in man, dogs and swine, has no more effect whatever, 

 upon either horses, sheep or cattle, than so much flour or 

 meal. Give twenty-five drops of the tincture of aconite 



