INFLAMED LUNGS. 193 



It now and then, when attended to very early, terminates 

 likewise by resolution and returning health. 



Inflammation of the lungs shews itself by a very quick la- 

 borious breathing ; the heart beats in a very rapid but op- 

 pressed manner. The head is held up to enable the dog to 

 breathe more freely, and which peculiar posture very strongly 

 characterises the complaint. In almost every instance also 

 considerable moisture distils from the nose ; which, together 

 with the ears and paws, are in general extremely and unna- 

 turally cold. A short quick cough is often present, but this 

 is not invariably the case. 



The cure should be begun by bleeding, and that very 

 largely ; but it must be particularly remembered that bleed- 

 ing ought only to be attempted early in the complaint : if it 

 is performed after the second day, the dog commonly dies 

 under the operation. This circumstance should never be for- 

 gotten by a practitioner who may happen to be called in, the 

 recollection of which may save him much mortification and 

 disgrace. The first bleeding, if early attempted, may save, 

 provided it is a full and copious one. For every pound a dog 

 weighs, as far as eight pounds, he may lose half an ounce of 

 blood. From that weight upwards, he may lose a quarter of 

 an ounce for every pound, unless it should be a very large 

 heavy dog, when the proportion must be moderated. The 

 whole chest should likewise be immediately blistered between 

 the fore legs, and behind the elbows, by removing the hair, 

 and afterwards rubbing in a blistering ointment, and then 

 covering the parts with a cloth carefully secured. If blister- 

 ing ointment is not at hand, oil of turpentine, well rubbed 

 in, and repeated at intervals of two or three hours, will do 

 nearly as well. A clyster should also be given, and no time 

 should be lost in administering the following by the mouth 

 likewise : — 



Powdered foxglove 12 grains 



Tartar emetic 3 grains 



Nitre..... 1 dram. 



