192 INFLAMED LUNGS. 



Mercurial ointment 1 ounce 



Blistering ointment... 2 drams 



Ointment of yellow wax 1 ounce. 



Rub into the region of the liver a small portion of this oint- 

 ment (the size of a nutmeg-) once every day. Pursue this 

 treatment some time, carefully watching- the mouth, to g-uard 

 ag-ainst sudden and violent salivation. A moderate soreness 

 of the mouth is, however, to be encouraged and kept up : 

 nor have I ever succeeded in removing the complaint v^ithout 

 it. 



Liflamed Limgs (Perijmemnonia). 



Pneumonia is not an unfrequent complaint among- dogs. 

 In some years it is remarkable that it rages in an epidemic 

 form, and destroys vast numbers. In general cases it may, 

 however, be directly traced to the action of cold on the body. 

 I have seen it brought on, in a great number of instances, 

 by the cruel practice of clipping or shearing rough dogs in 

 cold weather. Throwing dogs into the water, and after- 

 wards neglecting to dry them, is also not an uncommon cause 

 of it. In fact, any unusual exposure to cold may occasion it. 

 In some instances it is brought on by distemper. 



The complaint is commonly rapid, and usually fatal ; its 

 fatal tendency being much increased by the circumstance, that 

 in most instances it arrives at such a height, before it attracts 

 sufficient notice, as to baffle all attempts at reducing the in- 

 flammation. During one of the periods in which it raged in 

 an epidemic form (a w^arm mild spring), hardly any dog sur- 

 vived beyond the third day ; about which time most of the 

 affected were suffocated by the quantity of water formed 

 within the chest. A serous effusion, although a frequent, 

 is not an invariable termination of the complaint. I have 

 seen it destroy by a congestion of blood within the lungs. 



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