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cessive it will cause suffocation. Treatment: If 

 it is only in small quantities it will likely cease by 

 keeping the animal quiet; if it is severe pour cold 

 water over the back and give hypodermic injec- 

 tions of tincture ergot of rye every half hour until 

 it stops; use one ounce at an injection. It is dan- 

 gerous to give drenches of medicine by the mouth 

 in case of causing suffocation. If the animal can 

 eat give sulphate of iron in two-dram doses three 

 times a day or one dram of acetate of lead three 

 times a day for two days if needed. Inhalations of 

 hot water and turpentine are useful when it is 

 caused by ulcers or tuberculosis. 



PNEUMONIA. 



Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung sub- 

 stance. Causes : It is more prevalent during spring 

 and autumn, particularly when cold, wet winds 

 prevail, when the animal is shedding its coat or 

 when it is weakened from other diseases, such as 

 congestion of the lungs, influenza, distemper, and 

 sometimes from disease of the digestive organs; 

 confined in badly ventilated stables where the ani- 

 mal has to breathe foul air. This is a very com- 

 mon cause in the large cities, and it is the most 

 difficult to treat. Symptoms: If the animal is no- 

 ticed in the early stage, there is generally a chill 

 which may cause it to shiver; the animal is dull 

 and refuses its food. The pulse is full, but soft, 

 and in some cases, not easily counted, usually from 

 sixty to eighty beats per minute. The temperat are 

 will be increased to one hundred and three and one 



