3 2o VETERINARY LECTURES 



i to 2 ounces each of aromatic spirit of ammonia and spirits of nitre, 

 or 3 ounces acetate of ammonia and i ounce of spirits of nitre, may 

 be administered in i pint of cold water {par. 1067, No. I.) . A dose 

 of nuclein given hypodermically answers well here, if given at the 

 commencement. As a rule, however, the first thing to be noticed 

 is that the animal is very dull and languid, with the hair standing 

 on end. The inside of the eyelids is red, the mouth is hot, the head 

 droops, the breathing is more or less accelerated, and there is a 

 soft, weak pulse and an elevation of temperature from about 103 to 

 106 . Treatment. — The animal should be put into a good, dry, well- 

 ventilated loose-box, free from draughts, woollen bandages put on 

 the legs, also warm sheets on the body, and a pailful of cold water 

 containing a tablespoonful of nitrate of potash placed in the box for 

 the patient to drink. 



512. It is very dangerous to use purgatives in these cases, as great 

 debility soon sets in, and the aperient, however slight — even 8 ounces 

 of linseed oil— may set up superpurgation, which tends to remove 

 the inflammation from the bronchial tubes to the lining membranes 

 of the intestines, causing in many cases muco-enteritis and death. 

 Or perhaps from the continued purging the inflammation may again 

 be shifted to the feet, producing laminitis, or founder. This shows 

 how very necessary it is to know what the chest affection really is before 

 attempting to treat it in any way. In all chest diseases there is great 

 danger in giving drenches, as some of the fluid might get into the 

 trachea or bronchial tubes, causing great distress ; so, if a drench 

 has to be administered, it must be done with great caution. Half- 

 ounce doses of carbonate of ammonia in a ball, or in the drinking- 

 water, every six or eight hours may, however, be given with advan- 

 tage, and if the cough be troublesome, 1 ounce of chlorodyne mixed 

 with 1 ounce of glycerine can be given three times a day in mashes 

 of bran or boiled barley containing a little treacle or sugar, or in 

 hay-tea nearly cold. Many practitioners recommend that blankets 

 which have been wrung out of hot water be applied to the chest 

 with a waterproof rug above. In some cases this answers well, in 

 others it has a very oppressive and relaxing effect, and should not be 



