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DADD'S VETERINARY ISIEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



PLAN OF A VAPOR BATEl USED IN THE TTIEATMENT OF LUNC AFFECTIONS. 



Explanation.— «, represents a boiler c-iscinally erected for the purpose of supplying the infirmarf 

 with hot water; c, is the nii^in pipe issuing frum the top of the builer receiving the steatn, and 

 conducting it, when not rrquired for other purposr's. into cither a flue or the open air at h; e 

 and / are branch pipes from the main one (c), ./ being that which conducts the steam into a 

 worm {hj. winding through a condensing trongli (g^; e. the branch pipe which conducts the 

 Bteam (prevented by stop-cock from going in the other direction ' into tlio bath, the place of 

 admission In) being on one side, close to tlie floor at a point intermediate between the horse's 

 fore and liind feet while standing in tlio bath with his head outside" in its the bath, being a 

 horse-box, such as Is used for embarking liorses on board of ship, with tlie addition of a liniig 

 of flannel, a roofiug of hoops and tilting, and curtains over the doors, front and back, to pr"!- 

 vent the escape cf steam. The box, being placed npoii wheels, serves, besides being used as a 

 bath, for tlio transport of sick or lame horses ; and, having doors at both ends, and a moi-oable 

 platform fi c theliorse to walk in npon, is, in general, entered without any great de.^1 of unwil!- 

 ingness. 



f*.<iEUMONiA (Inflammation of the Lungs). 



InHi^Liination of the lungs, known to veterinarians as pueu- 

 monia, is not apt to be so prevalent among horned creatures aa 

 amoiig horses, except, however milch cows, when they are located 

 in tllthy, unventilated milking establishments. In such places 

 diseases of the lungs are often fearfully prevalent, raging as an 

 epizootic, as it did a few years ago in the swill-milk establish- 

 ments of New York. It makes sad havoc when prevalent among 

 ft large herd that may be confined in a barn or stable of con- 

 tractsd proportions. All domestic animals require plenty of 

 room, as well as light and pure air; for it is now pretty ciearly 

 demonstrated that the pleuro-pneumonia, which appeared in 

 Massachusetts, in 1860, on the premises of Mr. Chenery, aroae 

 there spontaneously. His barn, or rather the basement, where 

 the cattle lived, was a room fifty feet square and only eight 

 ffeet in height. The walls on the north, and a portion of tb« 



