174 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



equal success in the treatment of diseases of horses and 

 cattle, let his mode of practice be what it may. Remember, 

 when the bowels are opened, and emptied of their contents, 

 an important pillar has been taken from under the animal 

 structure. Show me a European book on the diseases of 

 animals, which does not recommend and minutely describe 

 how to physic a horse, and I will show you a city without 

 walls, without* a church, or gymnasium. In this connec- 

 tion, I am sorry to say, that our American authors, on 

 animal diseases, have copied too closely from European 

 practice, w^iich is utterly unfit for this country, climate and 

 the constitution of all our domestic animals. 



Pleurisy. — Inflammation of the serous membrane 

 covering the lungs, and lining the sides of the chest. (See 

 Lung Diseases.) 



Pleuro-pneumonia. — Inflammation of the covering 

 and substance of the lungs and chest. 



Pleurodynia. — This is a rheumatic affection of the 

 intercostal muscles, differing from pleurisy, from there 

 being no constitutional disturbance, little fever, and no 

 inflammation. It is treated with a dose or two of the 

 tincture of aconite root given internally, and mustard and 

 a little vinegar rubbed into the muscles of the sides, behind 

 the shoulder. 



Plethora. — Fullness of blood. (See Obesity.) 



Pneumonia. — Inflammation of the lungs, (which see.) 



Poisons. — These act differently in destroying life. They 

 are derived from the organic and inorganic kingdoms, and 

 their effects are either local or remote. Poisons may be 

 taken into the stomach, inhaled in the form of sulphuretted 

 hydrogen, communieated. through the skin, as from the bite 



