PLEUKISY. 



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Treatment is practically the same as for pneumonia. Put 



give 



fever medicine ; blanket 



in a cool, well-ventilated stall 

 the body, neck, and legs warmly ; 

 if at all serious, using stimulants 

 on the extremities, and hand- 

 rubbing thoroughly, with hot fo- 

 mentations to the sides ; the gen- 

 eral treatment, in a word, is the 

 same as for pneumonia. Should 

 there be cough, or soreness of 

 the throat, it is to be treated in 

 connection, as directed for lar- 

 yngitis. 



I wish now to call attention to 

 what must not be done. First, 



give no physic nor oil for any form of 

 inflammation of the lungs. Cathartic 

 medicine is poisonous, such as aloes, oils, 

 or tartar emetic. There is so much nau- 

 sea during the operation of these medi- 

 cines, and debility from their effect, 

 that they do harm. There is such great 

 sympathy between the bowels and the 

 lungs, that they hasten the cause of in- 

 flammation of the lungs, often caus- 

 ing death within a few hours after ad- 

 ministering them. Next, do not bleed 



FIG. 773. The pleura as it appears when 

 inflamed, magnified. 



FIG. 774. Section of pleura 



showing blood-vessels 

 greatly injected with blood. 



for pleurisy, as so doing will 

 cause debility of the capil- 

 laries of the part, \, r hich 

 would induce hydrothorax, 

 or dropsy of the chest. 



This will be somewhat 

 puzzling to owners and sta- 

 ble-keepers, and especially 

 to those who may be guided 

 by Youatt and other good 

 old authorities who invaria- 

 bly advised this treatment. 



FIG. 775. Showing adhesive inflammation 

 of the pleura. 



The better to aid my readers, I include also the directions 



