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much reddened. By placing your ear to the sides of the 

 chest or to the windpipe a peculiar gurgling noise may be 

 heard. The legs and ears are cold. If following a case of 

 catarrh or influenza the affected animal will refuse his food 

 and tremble all over the body. The ears and legs "are cold, 

 the mouth hot and pulse quick and weak. By placing your 

 ear at the sides you will hear a wheezing sound. He stands, 

 as he is generally found standing in all lung troubles, and if 

 he does lie down will get up immediately. If the disease is 

 not soon checked it will develop into inflammation of the 

 lungs. 



Treatment. — Whatever is done in the way of treatment 

 must be done quickly. This is not a very fatal disease, but a 

 simple one to treat if taken in time. Keep well supplied with 

 good, fresh air, and always be careful to avoid a draft. Keep 

 the body well covered according to the time of the year, and 

 give 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce, or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 



Laudanum J4 ounce, or 2 dessertspoonfuls. 



Put in a pint of cold water, shake well and give as a 

 drench, being careful not to choke the animal in giving it. 

 Have the legs well hand rubbed, if cold, and bandaged ; and 

 if the animal is in high condition and full of blood it is well 

 to give, with the above drench, 



Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 10 to 15 drops. 



Also put a mustard plaster on the sides over the lungs. Take 

 Yi lb. of mustard, with 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls of flour and 

 enough vinegar or warm water to make it into the form 

 of a paste. Rub this well over the sides of the chest with 

 the hand, and in some cases it is well to rub the front of the 

 chest as well as the sides. In some cases hot water cloths 

 held up to the sides are beneficial. If he is not relieved in 

 a couple of hours give another drench, the same as that men- 

 tioned above. Repeat the drench every two hours until the 

 animal gets relief. It is also well to give him only a mouth- 

 ful of cold water at a time, but give it to him often. Feed 

 him soft food, and after he begins to get better, exercise him 

 a little by walking him around; also give the following 

 mixture : 



Ground Gentian Root J4 pound. 



Nitrate of Potash, or Saltpetre J/ A pound. 



Mix thoroughly together and give a teaspoonful three times a 



