CHAPTER V. 



PISEASES OF THE THBOAT, CHEST AND LUNGS. 



CHK8fT-rOUND«R. -- — ir. BRONCHITIS. III. PNKUMONIA, OR INFLAMMATIOii OF THB 



LUNGS. IV. CONSUMPTION, V. PLEURISY. VI. COLDS. VU. ENLARGED GLANDS. 



VIII. SWELLED THROAT, OR LARYNGITIS. IX. CHRONIC COUGH. X. MALIGNANT 



EPIDEMIC. XI. DIFFICULTY OP BREATHING. XII. BROKEN WIND, — BELLOWS, — » 



HEAVES. XIII. INFLUENZA. XIV. PINK EYE. XV. BLEEDING FROM THE NOSE. 



XVI. STRANGLES. XVII. SPASMODIC ACTION OF THE GLOTTIS AND EPIGLOTTIS. 



I. Chest-Pounder. 



This when it is not soreness of the muscles from hard work, is rheu- 

 matism in its acute form. Sometimes it is caused by lesion, or straining 

 of the muscles or the tendons connected with them. 



Causes- — It may be brought on by suddenly allowing the horse to 

 become chilled after heating, giving large drafts of cold water when 

 warm, or driving him into cold water up to his belly when heated. 



How to know it. — The horse is dull ; his coat may be staring ; he 

 is stiff, and moves unwillingly. Sometimes the soreness extends to the 

 limbs ; usually does from sympathy. There is fever in the parts affected 

 and accelerated pulse, the latter from 70 to 80 beats in a minute. Also, 

 sometimes profuse sweating and heaving at the flanks, but the legs will 

 remain warm. The parts affected may be more or less swollen, but 

 always tender to the touch. 



What to do. — Clothe the horse warmly, and put him where he may 

 be kept so. If the animal is fat, and full of blood ; if there is evident 

 determination of blood, bleed moderately, say a pint from the neck vein. 

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