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remedy at that period of the disease when the moist sounds are 

 due to an accumulation of soft, white mucus that comes away in 

 lumps; but especially, if the animal seems distressed in breathing 

 by reason of want of power to expel the mucus; loud gurgling 

 sounds will be heard in the windpipe and lungs generally; the 

 cough loose, accompanied with a rattling noise. 



Phosphorus 3X. — There is no doubt that this is one of the most 

 valuable lung remedies we have, and that when its own peculiar 

 disease producing effects are present, there is none to excel it; 

 post mortem investigation in subjects poisoned b}' Phosphorus 

 renders this fact very clear; but we believe that we shall be con- 

 firmed in our opinion by recognized authorities, when we state 

 that it is more in that complicated form of lung disease known as 

 broncho-pneumonia, wherein the substance proper of the lungs, 

 as well as the bronchial tubes are implicated, that it is indicated, 

 of this we shall treat further on; at the same time, if the animal is 

 suffering from a suppressed bronchial cough, sometimes loud, at 

 others feeble, but always attended with evident pain; the discharge 

 from the nostrils scanty, but at the same time of a rusty color, 

 and distinct evidence of physical exhaustion betrays itself, resort 

 may reasonabl)' be had to this potent remed3\ 



Arsenicum album 3X. — In cases where the effects of the disease 

 in the ver}' fine air tubes does not seem to have passed away, that 

 is to say, in which the exudation of mucus therein has become 

 consolidated, and the tubes consequently blocked up and rendered 

 useless for respiratory purposes, this remedy if persisted with for 

 sometime, will frequently afford relief and from the results which 

 accrue from its administration, it is fair to assume that it effects a 

 resolution of the consolidated tissue and brings about its re-ab- 

 sorption; however, be the actual result what it ma3% the fact re- 

 mains that persistent administration of Arsenicum enables the 

 horse to breathe more freely and renders it a more useful animal. 

 Sulphur 3, as in other diseases, is in this also an excellent in- 

 tercurrent remedy, and b}^ its occasional administration appears 

 to render valuable service, and seems to stir up an otherwise 

 sluggish system to renewed vitality. 



