20 DfFLAMlVIATION OF THE LUNGS. 



on tlie first application^ there is no further need 

 for it, but should it not act proj)erly continue 

 the blistering until it does, or until the parts 

 become very sore, and in two or three days after 

 dress with lard. 



In the latter stages of the disease it will be 

 found very difficult to get the blister to act prop- 

 erly on account of the exhaustion of the natu- 

 ral powers of the animal, but it must be con- 

 tinued, and the sinking energies aroused, or the 

 horse is lost. The blister is often prevented 

 from acting by the gig being up. 



In this disease the treatment should be prompt 

 and decisive, as not a moment of time is to be 

 lost. The first object should be to subdue the 

 inflammation, and if the mouth continues hot, 

 the extremities cold, and the nose red, the horse 

 must be bled again and again in rapid succes- 

 sion_, the good that we can do must be done im- 

 mediately or not at all. 



The first step to be taken in this disease is to 

 bleed profusely — let the lancet used be a large, 

 broad shouldered one, in order that the blood 

 may be extracted as quick as possible and the 

 disease destroyed without impairing the strength 



