118 PLEURISY, Sec. 



Symptoms of Inflammations of the Lungs. 



In inflammations of the lungs, several of the 

 symptoms are nearly the same; except in the fol- 

 lowing cases, when he appears more heavy and 

 dull, scarcely ever attempting to lie down during 

 the time of his sickness, or until he falls suddenly 

 down, and dies. This is frequently the case in 

 diseases of this kind. His fever is strong, at^ 

 tended with a difficulty in breathing, and a short 

 cough ; when his mouth is open, a great deal of 

 ropy slime will run from it ; and he gleets at the 

 nose a yellow or reddish matter, which sticks to 

 the inside of his nostrils, like glue. The beating 

 of his flanks, however, is not so violent, neither is 

 his belly tucked up so much as in the pleurisy. 

 By partial bleeding, this disease may sometimes 

 be checked, and terminate in a plentiful eflfusion 

 of water in the chest. At other times the inflam- 

 mation terminates in a suppuration. In cases of 

 this kind the horse returns to his food and his 

 former appetite. The cure of the two diseases 

 must be included under one head. 



