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die. Other symptoms are the expanded nostril; the 

 head drooping ; the mouth hot ; the membrane of 

 the nose red; the appetite nearly, if not entirely, 

 lost. 



The treatment of inflammation of the lungs is 

 simple enough. 



Purging must not be attempted here, for there is 

 too close a sympathy between the lungs and the intes- 

 tines ; and the affection of the one might very possibly 

 be extended to the other : but if, as is usually the 

 case, costiveness is present, half a pound of Epsom 

 salts may be dissolved in each pailful of water, and 

 kept constantly before the animal. The salts are a 

 febrifuge in their action, and in the horse will rarely 

 indeed effect more than relax the intestines. When 

 this effect is produced, or when one pound has been 

 imbibed, the salts should be withdrawn; for pushed 

 further than this they are apt to gripe ; and every 

 affection of the bowels is of the utmost importance 

 during pneumonia. Some fever medicine will also be 

 beneficial, and the following draught may be given 

 twice a day : — 



RECIPE (No. 29). 



Take — Liquor ammonia acetatis, four ounces; 

 Tartar-emetic, half a drachm ; 

 Extract of belladonna, half a drachm ; 

 Digitalis, half a drachm : 

 Rub down the belladonna ; dissolve the tartar-emetic in a suffi- 

 ciency of water ; and mix the other ingredients. 



This should be continued until the symptoms sub- 

 side, or until the pulse begins to intermit; when it 

 ought either to be withheld, or administered in de- 



