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CHAPTER IV. 



INFLAMMATIONS. 



Defmitiou of Inflammation. — Symptoms and Treatment of Rabies, Tetanus, and 

 Turuside. — Of Inflammation of the Eye, Ear (canker), Mouth, and Nose. — Of 

 the Lungs. — Of the Stomach. — Of the Bowels. — Of the Liver. — Of the Kidneys 

 and Bladder. — Of the Skin. 



DEFINITION OE INFLAMMATION. 



Inflammation consists in a retardation of the ftjw of blood in 

 the small vessels, which requires an increased action of the large 

 ones to overcome it. AVhen external and visible, it is charac- 

 terised by increased heat, swelling, pain, and redness, and inter- 

 nally by the first three, the last not being discoverable, though 

 existing. It may be acute when coming on rapidly, or chronic 

 when slow, and without very active symptoms. In the acute form 

 there is always an increased rapidity of the pulse, with a greater 

 reaction on the heart's pulsations, known as hardness of the pulse. 

 In the dog the healthy pulsations are from 90 to 100 in the min- 

 ute, which may be taken as the standard of health ; the arterial 



pulse may be felt on the inside of the arm above the knee ; or, by 



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