126 VETERIXARV HOMCGOPATHY. 



Hepar sulphur 6x. — In some cases where an animal is not favor- 

 ably located from a hygienic standpoint, and the general surround- 

 ings are not of a healthy character, the fluid which is effused into 

 the cavity of the chest is not reabsorbed and ultimately assumes 

 the form of pus (or matter); while, at the same time, some of the 

 fluid becomes organized and membranes are formed which bring 

 about adhesions of the lungs to the walls of the chest; under 

 these circumstances this remedy will frequently afford relief, by 

 altering the character of the exuded fluid and effecting resolution 

 of the false membranes. 



Accessory measures are in all these lung complications to be 

 observed much as in all enervating diseases; the animal should be 

 placed in large, airy boxes; be kept free from draughts; be sup- 

 plied with abundance of clean bedding; be well clothed and have 

 just as much of the most easily digestible food as he will take at one 

 time, such as mashes, boiled oats, green food, carrots, and so on; 

 if the bowels are very constipated resort may be had to tepid 

 enema injections to relieve the discomfort arising from undue 

 pressure upon the walls of the rectum; only under circumstances 

 of extreme exigency should alcoholic stimulants be resorted to; 

 and then Scotch whiskey in milk is the best that can be given. 



ASTHMA— BROKEN WIND. 



By some eminent veterinary pathologists asthma and broken 

 wind are considered to belong to distinct classincations, and 

 notably the late Professor Robertson seems to have held this opin- 

 ion; for our own part we consider them to belong to one and the 

 same morbid condition, placing asthma first, as representing the 

 the acute form, and broken wind, second, as representing the 

 chronic form, and we are the more inclined to maintain this posi- 

 tion from the fact that the remedies which serve to cure the one 

 are equally capable of relieving the other. The mode of respira- 

 tion and the character of the cough are very similar in each, the 

 'Only difference recognizable being that in so-called asthma the 

 attacks come on periodically with intervening periods of relief, 

 while in broken wind the symptoms continue without intermission. 



Symptoms. — In the earlier stages of the disease, namely, that 

 which is described as asthma by such as believe that the disease 

 is distinct from broken wind, the difficulty of breathing is spas- 



