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proceed from long and deep-rooted inflammation, but 

 assuredly from the very reverse. 



There are bad cases, which are not so rapid in 

 their termination, but v/hich are nevertheless equally 

 fatal. This happens when the lungs have become 

 consolidated and the inflammatory products have 

 formed pus. In such a case the breath of the horse 

 will be extremely disagreeable, with a running at the 

 nostrils, which is a sure indication that mortification 

 has taken place in the substance of the lungs, and that 

 death will soon follow. 



Inflammation of the lungs may be distinguished 

 from inflammation of the bowels, by the pulse in the 

 latter case being small and wiry ; the mucous m^em- 

 brane of the nose not being so red, and by pains in the 

 belly, which are indicated by kicking, pulling, stamp- 

 ing, and lying down. 



Cause. — This malady may be brought on by the 

 numerous and sudden transitions from heat to cold, to 

 which most horses are subjected. They are, under 

 the careless and v/anton folly of masters and grooms, 

 often galloped, or otherwise worked and overheated, 

 and then permitted to cool in the open air, or in the 

 draught of a stable. The stable itself is also kept too 

 hot, frequently from twenty-nve to thirty degrees 

 beyond that of the atmosphere ; and its air is but too 

 often of an impure kind, and Vv^hich being breathed 

 affects the miembrane which lines the cells of the lungs. 

 This is weakened, and hence rendered susceptible of 

 irritation and inflammation from breathing an atmo- 

 sphere which is impregnated with ammoniacal gas, 

 generated by the manure and urine. 



Remedies. — The treatment for inflammation of the 

 lungs must be immediate and decisive. As the disease 

 is rapid, so also must be the means employed. 



