128 DISEASES OP THE HORSE. 



can be done but to keep up tbe health and strength by 

 good feeding, etc. 



When animals do not thrive and pick up their spirits 

 and flesh after cases of pleurisy, some of these various 

 conditions may be reasonably expected to be present. 



(6.) Congestion op the. — The lungs are hable 

 to become congested^ when they are over charged with 

 blood. 



Symptoms. — The horse blows, his nostrils are very 

 much expanded, heaving at the flanks. The horse is the 

 picture of distress and stupidity. 



Cause. — Weakness and want of power in the blood 

 vessels to contract and empty themselves. 



Treatment. — Allow free access to cool air, and clothe 

 the body and bandage the legs to encourage the blood to 

 the skin and legs, and give the following mixture ; Sweet 

 Spirits of nitre, half an ounce ; Powdered Carbonate of 

 Ammonia, half an ounce : mix in a bottle of cold gruel 

 in the form of a drink. If these articles are not at 

 hand, give two bottles of warm ale, or a half bottle of 

 brandy or whiskey. 



(7.) Pneumothorax. — So called because the air 

 escapes into the cavities of the pleura. 



Lymph. — Is a name applied to the clear fluid which 

 circulates in the lymphatic vessels and that which is poured 

 out in cut surfaces, after bleeding has stopped, and forms 

 the medium by which the parts adhere, and are joined 

 together. In this instance it is termed coagulable lymph, 

 the principal element by which adhesive inflammation is 

 carried on. 



Madness. — A disease produced by the bite of a mad 

 dog. (See Hydrophobia.) 



