Inflammation of the lungs is a dangerous affection, and requires careful 

 treatment and management. The horse should be placed in a welF 

 ventilated, but not draughty loose box, the temperature of which should be 

 kept at 70° to 75'^ F. The body should be clothed with rugs, and should be 

 gently rubbed down occasionally with wisps of hay. Bleeding is necessar)- 

 in the case of heavy draught horses kept in very high condition, as 

 many of the agricultural and draught horses are, and also plethoric horses- 

 of other breeds, when the difficulty of breathing is veiy great and the fe^er 

 high. In such cases it is our practice to remove from four to six C{uarts of 

 blood from the jugular vein. We may allow the horse as much tepid or 

 warm water as he will take, and with this object should leave a moderate 

 supply by him. The diet should be laxative and nutritious, consisting of 

 bran-mashes, linseed and oatmeal gruel, hay in moderate quantity, and roots 

 or grass. After the subsidence of the fever, stronger and more nutritious 

 diet should be substituted. 



During the fever, a draught, containing four ounces of liquor ammonii 

 acetatis, five minims of Fleming's tincture of aconite, one ounce of nitric 

 ether, and two drachms of nitrate of potassium may be given with water to* 

 half a pint eveiy four or fi^•e hours, until the acute symptoms abate. Active 

 purgatives should not be given in this disease, but if there be great 

 constipation, half a pint of linseed or castor oil may be given. In the later 

 stages, and where there is marked debility, stimulants are required, and six 

 or eight ounces of whiskey may be given three times daily, and ma)- be 

 persevered with if it prove beneficial. 



During convalesence, tonics are required, and the formula mentioned 

 in treating of influenza will be found useful. With regard to the local 

 applications in pneumonia, when the extremities are veiy cold, they must be 

 rubbed with some stimulating application of a non-irritating kind, and! 

 woollen cloths wrung out from hot water may be assiduous!)- applied with 

 great advantage around the chest. These should be renewed every two- 

 hours or oftener, as long as the disease continues in the acute stage. This- 

 hot pack should be closely applied, so that no cold air can pass between the 

 rugs and the skin; and the temperature should be as high as the animal is- 

 able to bear, A good method of applying this treatment is to obtain a piece 

 of felt about an inch thick and a foot and a half wide, fitted with straps. 

 After being well wrung out from hot water and applied closely to the chest, a 

 waterproof lined with flannel should be strapped round the felt. A simpler 

 method is the application of an old blanket, wrung out thoroughl)-, and folded 

 three or four times. Over it is placed a dry rug, the whole being fastened 

 by a surcingle or line. 



PLEURISY, 



Pleurisy, or inflammation of the lining of the walls of the chest and the lungs,, 

 is frequently set up by exposure to cold and vicissitudes of temperature. We 

 have already seen that it is frequently associated with, or supervenes after 



