100 PNEUMONIA. 



taken for a lingering fever, is nothing more than the 

 natural effects of the weakness consequent upon the 

 attack and the treatment the sufferer has undergone. 



Supposing that the case has gone on well, and the 

 patient is slowly returning to health, the care of the 

 practitioner should be wholly devoted to assisting the 

 restorative efforts of nature. The owner may be im- 

 patient, and the practitioner may not be sorry to get 

 the case off his hands ; but there is an old caution, 

 seldom more applicable than here, " not to make 

 more haste than good speed." After pneumonia, as 

 well as influenza, when health is returning, nature 

 will work more securely, and should be assisted only 

 with considerate hesitation. Above all things, there 

 must be no imprudent haste in putting once more to 

 work the horse that has recovered. Rest for some 

 time, with an airy lodging, sufficient exercise, and 

 nourishing food are now imperative. The food should 

 not be too stimulating. A couple of feeds of bruised 

 and scald oats is the most that can with safety be 

 allowed during a state of recovery. Beans, gruel, and 

 other temptations are not to be permitted after the 

 medical attendant has retired. Nature is then labouring 

 to repair the damage she has lately suffered ; and good 

 wholesome food, sweet water, pure air, and sufficient 

 exercise, are the materials she works with. 



That which has been said about pneumonia sup- 

 poses the disease to be of an idiopathic kind. No 

 remark has been made upon that form of this affec- 

 tion which is termed congestion of the lungs, or pul- 

 monary apoplexy. This last form of disease is caused 

 by over-exertion ; and is, therefore, most common in 



