276 PLEUKIST — PLEURODYNIA. 



Diagnosis. — To diagnose these maladies is a matter of 

 considerable importance. If for no other reason than to know 

 the fad that two or more diseases of a similar kind may exist, 

 and the difference between them not known, is of itself a 

 sufficient reason for the practitioner to desire the clearest 

 information upon the question. 



"When a horse is suffering from disease, it is at all times 

 desirable to know what is the nature, and where is the seat of 

 the malady. 



In determining whether the disease be Pleurisy or Pleuro- 

 dynia carefully attend to the following essentials : — Is the case 

 of recent origin? and if so, does the disease rapidly and 

 frequently change from better to worse ? and above all, is 

 there present africtional sound within the chest, the existence 

 of which will at once indicate the malady to be Pleuritis. 



Teeminations op Pleijeist. — Strictly speaking a disease 

 can only terminate in one of two modes, viz : — either in the 

 recovery or in the death of the patient. Pleurisy is stated 

 by the generality of medical writers to terminate in resolution, 

 or recovery ; effusion of lymph and serum within the chest ; 

 adhesion of the lungs to the pleura ; or in the death of the 

 animal. Pleurodynia invariably terminates in the complete 

 recovery of the patient from the disease. 



Treatment op Pletjeist.— The treatment of Acute Pleu- 

 ritis should be prompt and decisive, as it is a disease which is 

 characterised by great severity, and is productive of much suf- 

 fering to the patient. The best remedies in general, are — 

 Aconite 1, and Bryonia 1 ; also Blisters to the sides of the 

 chest, and Hot Fomentations. 



