390 ON PLEURISY, &C. 



cal writers of t,he prefent day, both in the pa- 

 thology and method of cure ; for a copious ac- 

 count of it, as it regards horfes, Gibfon is the 

 proper authority to be confuked, who firft dif- 

 covered the difeafe in thofe animals, and dif- 

 fered fome which died of it. It is very rational 

 to fuppofe, that liorfes muft be liable to all the 

 various maladies of this clafs, but there is dan- 

 ger in pleuretic pains being miftaken for gripes, 

 for which reafon the utmoft attention ought to 

 be paid to fymptoms. 



Pleurisy is an inflammation of the pleura, 

 or membrane which lines the infide of the 

 cheft, and in general feizes only one fide ; the 

 fymptoms are, relUeffnefs and increafing fever, 

 which foon attains a very high degree, vain 

 attempts to lie down, with frequent pointing 

 of the head to the affe61ed fide ; ears and feet 

 burning hot, mouth parched and dry, fever 

 ftill encreafmg to the end ; running back as 

 far as the collar will admit, remaining in that 

 pofition, panting with (hort flops ; difpofition 

 to cough ; dropping down. 



Peripneumony is a more general inflam- 

 mation, affefting the whole fubftance of the 

 lungs, as well as the pleura, or membrane. 

 Many of the fymptoms are, of confequence, 

 common : but in the general inflammation, the 

 animal is lefs irritated, and never offers to lie 

 down, either in the beginning or during the 



continuance 



