194 General or Sporadic Diseases. 



the diseases we have already considered in this group. 

 Catarrh and laryngitis may be present from the first, with 

 high fever and temperature, a constant, hacking, and 

 painful cough. The pulse is full and hard, breathing 

 disturbed, and the sufferer relieves the chest as far as 

 possible by standing with the legs wide apart. The 

 bowels are constipated and urine is deficient, but diarrhoea 

 is easily set up, if it is not already present. Further in- 

 formation will be gleaned by the attendant veterinarian 

 by careful examination of the chest, and studying the 

 sounds, as indicating non-complicity with the lungs or 

 otherwise. 



Treatment. Blood-letting is not advisable. Give 

 febrifuges, to which 10 drops of the tincture of aconite 

 may be added, and continue the draught or bolus twice 

 daily, with a decrease of one drop of the aconite in each 

 dose. At the end of the second day perhaps, pulse and 

 other signs being duly taken into account, the aconite 

 may be withdrawn, and the ordinary febrifuge continued 

 for a week or less, according to circumstances. Apply 

 liniment No. i to the sides of the chest at the outset, 

 and combat constipation by means of enemas of linseed 

 mucilage. Promote comfort by clothing and bandages, 

 allow plenty of fresh air, avoiding draughts, and as soon 

 as acute signs have passed, a course of vegetable tonics 

 may be prescribed. 



PNEUMONIA, or Inflammation of the Lungs. This 

 disease may follow any one of the preceding, or, com- 

 mencing with simple catarrh, it may pass, more or less 

 rapidly, through the stages of laryngitis and bronchitis, 

 the inflammation finally being located in the lungs. 

 Pneumonia is ushered in by violent systemic disturbance, 

 with cold ears and legs, the mouth and visible mem- 

 branes being dry, hot, and injected. The respiration is 

 hurried and short, pulse full and bounding at first, and 

 temperature rises to, perhaps, 102 Fahr. or 103 Fahr. 

 As the lungs become charged with blood, effusion into 

 their substance follows, when the characters of the pulse 

 and respiration are at once altered, the former having 

 become small, weak, and oppressed ; the breathing short, 



