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BRONCHO-PNEUMONIA. 



This is also a common comx^lication. Either one or the other may 

 be first in oi)eration. When bronchitis affects the smaller bronchial 

 tubes the inflammation readily extends to the air-cells and thence to 

 the lung- tissue, constituting pneumonia. Or the bronchial lube may 

 be secondarih" involved by the extension of the inflammation from the 

 air-cells. Nothing in regard to the treatment of this condition requires 

 to be said here, as it has been fullj" described when speaking of bron- 

 chitis and ijneumonia as separate diseases. A brief review of some 

 of the unfavorable results of i^leurisy and pneumonia will not be out 

 of place here: 



SUPPURATION AND ABSCESS IN THE LUNG. 



There are instances, and especially when the surroundings of the 

 patient have been bad, when the inflammation terminates in an abscess 

 in the lung. Sometimes, when the inflammation has been extreme, 

 sui)i3uration in a large portion of the lung takes j)lace. Impure air, 

 the result of improper ventilation, is the most frecxuent cause of this 

 termination. The sjnnptoms of suppuration in the lung are an exceed- 

 ingly offensive smell of the breath, and the discharge of the matter 

 from the nostrils. 



MORTIFICATION. 



Gangrene or mortiflcation means a death of the i:)art affected. Occa- 

 sionally, owing to the intensity of the inflammation or bad treatment, 

 pneumonia and pleuro-pneumonia terminate in mortification, which is 

 soon followed by the death of the animal. 



ABSCESS IN THE SPACES BETWEEN THE RIBS, 



Abscess of the intercostal sj)aces has been recorded as a result of 

 pleurisy. Following the attack of lileurisj^ an enlargement appears 

 on some part of the chest, which may burst of its own accord. When 

 it makes its appearance it is advisable to apph^ poultices of linseed 

 meal and hot water, or bathe it continuously for hours at a time with 

 water as hot as can be comfortably borne. This treatment will hasten 

 the formation of matter. When it is soft in the center it should be 

 lanced and the matter allowed to escape. The course of tonic treat- 

 ment and nutritive food advised in the treatment of pleurisy should 

 be kept up. 



HEMOPTYSIS — BLEEDING FROM THE LUNGS. 



Bleeding from the lungs maj' occur during the course of congestion 

 of the lungs, bronchitis, pneumonia, influenza, purpura hemorrhagica, 

 or glanders. An accident or exertion may cause a rupture of a vessel. 

 Plethora predisposes to it. Following the rupture of a vessel the 



