DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGAKS. 



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AVitliin four to six days the animal becomes quiet, and seems 

 to be free from pain. This is a sign that effusion of serum has 

 taken place. In this disease, as in pneumonia, the animal stands 

 with the elbows turaed outward. 



Treatment. — It should be treated similar to pneumonia, but 

 juustard applications should not be hiid on as frequently as in 

 pneumonia. A half ounce of ]x>tas8iiim nitrate; camphor, one 

 drachm ; aqua, one 

 pint, may he given. 

 Digitalis, one 

 drachm; potassium 

 n i t r a t e, t h r e e 

 drachms; water, 

 o n e - h a 1 f pint, 

 sliould be tried. 



II YDROTHOR AX . 



This condition 

 arises from an effu- 

 sion of serum, of a 

 port-wine color, into 

 the cavity of the 

 chest. It is the re- 

 sult of pleurisy. 



Symptoms. — The respirations are difficult, and there is flapping 

 of the nostrils. On auscultation no sound can be heard in the 

 inferior thorax. Odematous swellings are seen along tlie belly 

 and limbs. 



Trkatmkxt. — The treatment must be directed to the. removal 

 of the fluid, which may be absorbed by giving good, nutritious 

 food. The liquid food, especially the nu'lh preparations men- 

 tioned in this work, should be given in half-ounce doses. Powd. 

 gentian, three drachms; powd. sulphate of iron, three drachms; 

 powd. nux vomica, one drachm, should be given in the feed night 

 and morning. In some few cases it may be necessary to have the 



Fig. 95— Pleurisy. Showing the hollow line 

 extending along tlie inferior border of the 

 false ribs during the act of respiration. See 

 drawn-up and fixed position of the abdomen . 

 and chest. 



