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the windpipe, they may be taken up into the system unless 

 very concentrated. 



Treatment Venesection; a mild dose of aloes to the 

 horse, a saline purge to the ox, and a dose of castor oil to 

 the dog. Injections of warm water should be used every 

 two or three hours. The limbs must be hand-rubbed and 

 bandaged. At one time, animals with inflammation of the 

 lungs were shut up in very warm stables. Some practi- 

 tioners follow Mr Coleman's plan of exposure in the open 

 air, and allowing pure air to breathe is certainly a great 

 desideratum; there is no advantage, however, in exposing 

 an animal to an intense cold. Counter-irritants, and especi- 

 ally the mustard-poultico applied early, are very useful. 

 A very prompt blister, which is used much by Danish vete- 

 rinarians for these diseases, consists of 



Croton oil 1 part. 



Sulphuric ether . . . .10 parts. 



Spirit of wine . . . .10 parts. 

 This forms a uniform liquid, which is rubbed actively 

 over the chest, and washed oif after an effect is produced. I 

 disapprove of setons and rowels. Neutral salts must be 

 given frequently, and the animal allowed water with nitre in 

 it. If the pulse is very active and fever high, ten drops of 

 tincture of aconite may be given, with six ounces of liquor 

 ammonise acetatis, and a quart of water. Two or three such 

 doses, at intervals of six hours, may be very useful. As the 

 inflammation subsides, stimulants may be of service, and an 

 occasional dose of spirit of nitric ether has a beneficial effect 

 as a diuretic. In the convalescent stage, judicious diet and 

 vegetable tonics are to be recommended. 



ABSCESS OF THE LUNG. 

 Both as the result of bronchitis and pneumonia, I have 



