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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AITD COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



sible, on account of the vitiated air he would have to breathe in the stable 

 with them. 



When convalescence is well established and there is much weakness, 

 change the medicine to No. 1 8, but do not give it as often as every two 

 hours, unless there is still a good deal of fever; thi-ee times a day is often 

 enough in most cases. 



When the fever is all gone, change the medicine to No. 35, if the 

 appetite is poor, but if it is good, give No. 34 in the feed. Give gentle 

 exercise when well enough to bear it. The horse should be well clothed, 

 and the legs bandaged. Bring him back to his feed and work gradually. 

 While wearing the bandages they should be removed morning and night, 

 and the legs well rubbed and the bandages replaced. 

 Vm. Pneumonia. 

 This is inflammation of the lung tissue; oftentimes the right lung only 

 is affected. Pneumonia is rather rare, at least it is far less common than 

 bronchitis, and sometimes the two diseases are combined in the form of 



broncho-pneumonia. It may 

 be either sporadic or infec- 

 tious. In the latter case it 

 is seen as a complication of 

 influenza, and has typhoid 

 symptoms, and is occasionally 

 enzootic, or may be epizootic. 

 Causes. — The same as for 

 other acute affections of the 

 air passages, except when 

 existing as a complication of 

 HORSE WITH CHEST AILMENT. influeuza, then it is due to a 



Front feet spread. Strong running of the nose after couKhing. • • /ii 



i^uugumg micro-organism (the pneumo- 

 coccus). The sporadic form will usually recover if given a fail- chance, 

 but the infectious is frequently fatal. 



How to know it. — The first stage is the shivering fit and sanguineous 

 congestion, in w^hich there is a rush of blood to the lungs; high fever follows 

 the chill, the pulse runs up to sixty to eighty, and is soft and weak; the 

 temperature is likely to run up to 105° to 107° Fahr. The breath is hot, 

 and breathing labored and fast — respirations running up to twenty-five to 

 thirty-five per minute; the ear being applied to the sides, the gi-ating sound 

 indicative of inflammation is heard; there is no cough; ears and legs are 

 cold; the body heat is great, and the urine scanty and high colored. 



The second stage is that of hepatization, in which the lungs become solid, 

 like liver; no sound is heard at all by the ear when applied to the side, and, 



