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sense enough to aid nature in her efforts towards 

 recovery, it does not generally terminate in death. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



PNEUMONIA, OR INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS 



THICK WIND, BROKEN WIND, CHRONIC COUGH, 

 AND ROARING. 



Pneumonia, or general inflammation pervading the 

 lungs, is not a malady so frequent as some have ima- 

 gined ; for it has been too much the fashion to consider 

 every disease of the chest as inflammation of the lungs. 



We have hinted that it is an occasional consequence 

 of the other chest diseases which have been described. 

 Common catarrh, and, much oftener, influenza and 

 bronchitis, may, if neglected, terminate in inflamma- 

 tion of the lungs. The disease will proceed along 

 the air-passages, until the very substance of the lungs 

 becomes affected. It may also be caused by exposure 

 to cold; neglect after being heated by exercise; 

 change from a cold to a hot stable ; over- exertion : in 

 short, any thing that may lead to common cold is 

 capable of producing inflammation of the lungs. 



It is of great importance to be able to distinguish 

 the symptoms of pure pneumonia, in order that the 

 proper treatment may be adopted ; for, on account of 

 the faulty management of the stabled horse, and the 

 injury which the Lungs receive from occasional cruel 

 exactions, there is much predisposition to acute in- 

 flammatory action in those parts. Many horses die 



