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or rusty colored discharge from the nose; the eyes take on an 

 amaurotic stare, and the animal becomes unconscious of every- 

 thing around. The pulse can scarcely be felt, and the body is 

 deathly cold. He may lie down, turn his head to one side, and 

 finally throw it back straight and breathe his last, or may rise to 

 his feet and drop. The horse never, for any length of time, lies 

 down in pneumonia . If 

 he should lie down, he 

 will at once get up. 



TreatiMent. — Place 

 the patient in a well- 

 ventilated loose box, 

 free fro m draughts. 

 Clothe the body ac- 

 cording to the season 

 of the 3' ear. Loc<nlly, 

 mustard plasters are to 

 be applied to the lungs, 

 six ounces to one pint 

 of water, and covered 

 with ordinary news- 

 papers. I3ran ]'Oultices 

 also should be applied 

 to the lungs. A bushel ^^^ 94-Pneumonia. See the haggard look, 

 of bran should be di- the anxious expression of the eye, the 

 vided into two equal labored breathing as indicated by the 



T ^ T • nasal opening, 



parts and placed in 



two wide bags. Boiling water should be poured on the bran, 



and the poultice applied as hot as can be bonie. Tie the sacks 



together and throw them across the horse's back and buckle down 



tightly, or tie with a long rtipe tliat will cxtcMid around I he body 



twice. The rope should draw on the antcricir and })ostcrior part 



of the sack, and be drawn tightly, and the blanket should be put 



over this. Place a bucket of cool drinking water in the stall and 



give the liquid foods mentioned in the chapter on Feeding the 



