882 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



Also give the following in water twice a day: — 



G ounces nitrate of potash. 

 1 ounce bicarbonate of soda. 

 Make into six powders. 



Have the animal's chest rubbed with alcohol two or three 

 times a day for the first two days. Feed nutritious food, or any- 

 thing that may tempt the animal to eat. The medicine must be 

 continued until the animal commences to lie down, which will be 

 from the sixth to the eighth day. 



Pleurisy. 



Sym^Jtoms rather obscure. Animal dull, dejected, oft' his food, 

 sweats easily, pulsation from 60 to 80, small and weak, tempera- 

 ture 1021° to 104°; above this is sure death. Sometimes there is a 

 cough from commencement, but often or in about half the cases 

 there is no cough. During the first three or four days the extrem- 

 ities and ears are alternately hot and cold, appetite almost wholly 

 lost. The fecal and urinary secretions are considerably lessened. 

 The membrane of nose and eyes are injected. Tongue is generally 

 foul, belly tucked up, does not lie down. The thoracic walls are 

 fixed, breathing almost wholly abdominal, and elbows turned. If 

 made to move suddenly, especially turning short around, there is 

 a groan or growl. Breathing quick or catching-like and short. 

 Often the right side only is aftected. 



Treatment. — Hot applications to the chest. This can be done 

 best by wringing blankets out of hot water and applying them to 

 the chest, — two or three blankets, one over another, and all cov- 

 ered with oil cloth or other blankets so as to keep in the heat. 

 Rub limbs with alcohol ; they may also be loosely bandaged. One 

 of the following balls should be given every eight hours : — 



^ ounce powdered opium. 



1^ ounces muriate ammonia. 



3 ounces j^owdered chincona bark. 



Mix, and make into six balls. 



Give the animal anything he will eat or drink. If the horse 

 is taken during the early stages, this will cut it short in from 48 

 to 00 houi's. 



If in an after stage swelling begins to shoAV itself below the 

 chest walls, that is, between the fore legs, and extending back- 

 ward, shows the least symptom of the trouble known as Hydro- 

 thorax, give the following reinetly : Fluid extract digitalis, from 

 twenty to twenty -five drops, more or less according to the size of 

 tlie horse, every four hours, and continue until the swelling begins 

 to lessen, then the intervals of giving the drops should be length- 



