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hundred and four and five. There is a dry cough 

 which, in some cases, is very troublesome. The 

 breathing is not much increased at first. The horse 

 does not lie down until it is convalescent, and this 

 symptom helps us greatly in forming our opinion 

 as to the nature of the disease. The membrane 

 lining the eyelids and nose is of a dirty brick-red 

 color, and the bowels are usually confined. In ap- 

 plying the ear to the sides the sound of the air pass- 

 ing will be rough at first, gradually getting less un- 

 til very little sound can be heard. As the disease 

 progresses and the lungs become consolidated, 

 there will be no air sound in that part. They will 

 keep in this stage for a week, then there is usually 

 a change either for the better or worse. If the ani- 

 mal is improving it will look brighter, will eat a 

 little, and move around more in the stall, prick up 

 its ears at any sound, the pulse will be stronger 

 and more distinct and less frequent, the breathing 

 will also be more natural and the animal may lie 

 down. On the other hand, if the animal is getting 

 worse the breathing will be much increased. The 

 horse shows distress by being restless, takes no no- 

 tice of sounds, will not eat ®r drink, the pulse is 

 from eighty to one hundred per minute and small, 

 there will be a discharge from the nose often tinged 

 with blood and foul smelling, which can be felt 

 sometimes before you reach the animal. There will 

 be more or less heaving at the flanks, which in- 

 creases until the animal dies. Treatment : In the 

 early stages, if the animal is fat and the pulse full, 

 give twenty to twenty-five drops of tincture aeon- 



