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given if the animal will eat ; great benefit accrues from 

 giving roots, as carrots, etc. Very great harm is done by 

 too frequent administration of draughts, as the stomach is 

 very weak ; and while the draughts should not be bulky, 

 they should be composed of stimulants and nutritives in a 

 concentrated form, as spts. vini gallici, wine, milk, beef-tea, 

 etc. All, or any combination of the above, may be placed 

 in the drinking water, if he will take it that way, and he 

 generally will. Counter-irritation is of the greatest benefit 

 in pneumonia, if applied judiciously and the effect watched. 

 The following may be used : Sinapis pulv. 5iv. — 3viii., aqu^e 

 q.s. to make a paste ; spread on a good sized cloth and 

 apply over the affected region. Cloths wrung out of hot 

 water, applied to the chest and covered with a dry cloth, 

 are frequently of great benefit ; but of course the nature of 

 the application should depend upon the season or the state 

 of the weather. Linseed poultices are good applications. 

 Whenever signs of amendment become apparent the 

 excessive administration of medicines should be guarded 

 against. Sometimes a pretty powerful sedative may be 

 given to relieve the more distressing symptoms. If consti- 

 pation is present, the action of the bowels should be solicited 

 by frequent enemas of warm water; and during con- 

 valescence a laxative diet should be given ; purgatives are 

 inadmissible. Potassse iodidi may be given during con- 

 valescence, colchicum is also useful. The hardy Canadian 

 horses do not succumb to pneumonia as readily as the larger 

 breeds, and stand antiphlogistic measures better. Pneu- 

 monia sometimes occurs as a result of influenza. 



PLEURISY, 



Definition. — Inflammation of the pleura. 

 Pleurisy or pleuritis, as this disease is also sometimes 

 termed, often exists in connection with pneumonia ; never- 



