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most remote is still no more than a portion of one 

 general system. 



The bowels, if costive, as they usually are in this 

 complaint, should be relaxed by drachm doses of 

 aloes ; for in pleurisy purgation is not attended with the 

 same danger as in pneumonia; clysters should also be 

 early and repeatedly employed. 



The diet should be spare; and should consist chiefly 

 of mashes, or of green food. The box should be airy, 

 yet comfortable; and the clothing, without being 

 heavy, should be warm. If the inflamed membrane 

 is so near to the surface, there is a better chance of 

 diverting: some of the blood from it to the skin when 

 the animal is clothed comfortably ; and the reader 

 may be certain that he will send more blood from the 

 skin to the inflamed part, if he suffers the animal to 

 stand exposed to the cold. 



If the horse goes on well, the pulse will soon change 

 its character ; it will be both slower and softer ; gentler, 

 but at the same time more uniformly powerful. Next 

 to this, the cough will be essentially changed : it will 

 lose its short, stitchy sound, and its evident expression 

 of intense pain ; becoming more loud and full. The 

 horse will not gaze so intently at his flanks; and he 

 will move about more freely. 



There is, however, even more danger attending 

 pleurisy than pneumonia; and the following are 

 symptoms which denote that the case is going on 

 badly. The horse is fidgety — uneasy — pawing; he 

 will suddenly stop, to bend round his head ; bringing 

 his muzzle in contact with his side, and gazing mourn- 

 fully on the seat of pain. All at once the pleuritic 



