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two bottles of warm ale, or half a bottle of brandy or 

 whiskey. 



(7.) Pneumothorax. — So called because the au' escapes 

 into the cavities of the pleura. 



Lymph. — This is a name applied to the clear fluid which 

 circulates in the lymphatic vessels and that whicli is poured 

 out in cut surfaces, after bleeding has stopped, and forms 

 the medium by which the parts adhere, and are joined 

 together. In this instance it is termed coagulable lymph, 

 the principal element by which adhesive inflammation is 

 carried on. 



Lymphangitis. — This is a disease which attacks large 

 coarse-bred horses that are difficult to keep in good condi- 

 tion, and consists in the outpouring of plastic lymph into 

 the femoral veins of one of the fore legs, which, as a 

 consequence, swells to a very great size, and exhibits to the 

 touch a feeling of a great many irregular prominences 

 under the skin. It is hot, painful, stiff", and accompanied 

 with fever, which, in a short time, passes off In a few 

 days the heat, pain and swelling will diminish a little, and 

 the horse will move more freely, but will, in most cases, 

 retain a "thick leg'^ for life. Fomentations of warm water 

 should be applied to relieve heat, tension, and pain ; to be 

 followed in a few days with broad bandages tightly rolled 

 round the limb. Give soft feed, such as cut-mess, bran and 

 green food. As soon as the animal can move the leg he 

 may be put to slow work. 



Madness. — A disease produced by the bite of a mad 

 dog. (See Hydrophobia.) 



Mad Staggers. — An aflection of the brain. (See 

 Staggers.) 



