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have elapsed. Where the system is vigorous, expector- 

 ants and sedatives, with leeches to the chest, may be used. 

 Turpentine liniment to the sides, throat, and under the 

 jaws, may also be freely rubbed in, and the diet in 

 quantity restricted. Tartar emetic in very minute doses 

 may be exhibited three times daily. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. 



The chest of the dog is not in any remarkable degree 

 the seat of disease. The ribs of the animal being con- 

 structed for easy motion, and the muscles which move 

 them being strong and large in proportion to the size of 

 the bones, the lungs, therefore, are in general properly 

 expanded ; and this circumstance tends to preserve them 

 in a healthy condition. They do not, however, always 

 escape, but are subject to the same inflammations as those 

 of the horse, though, from the causes stated, more rarely 

 attacked. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS is denoted by a quick- 

 ened pulse and breathing, preceded by shivering fits. 

 The appetite does not always fail ; in one or two in- 

 stances I have seen it increased ; but it is most often 



