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sero-mucuus liquid; the smaller or medium sized bronchi will 

 be found full of this. Cut the lung across and upon pressure 

 large quantities of this liquid will be forced out of the 

 bronchi. If the horse dies in the third stage pus will be pres- 

 ent. If you lay open the bronchi you will find more or less ul- 

 ceration. The affected part of the lungs will be blue, non- 

 crepitant, usually with small whitish spots or specks, about a 

 quarter the size of a pinhead under the pleura. These specks are 

 mucous or serum which is forced back into the vessels in the 

 effort to breathe. 



Treatment of an average case with a temperature of 107 fol- 

 lowing a chill; horse weighing 1200 lbs; pulse 55; respiration 

 20; visible mucous membranes red, head hanging, ears drooping. 



Criticise the stable; see that the horse does not stand in a 

 draft and gets plenty of fresh air. Ventilate the stable well. 

 Put in a box stall if possible. Put a stove in the barn under 

 the window, a thermometer near the horse and keep the tem- 

 perature of the stable 60 to 66 degrees. Put two blankets and a 

 hood on him, bandage his legs, keep the drafts off his feet by 

 placing plenty of straw on the floor. If the horse has a rapid 

 pulse, if effusion is profuse and there is depression, then give 

 him a stimulant. 



Give 1 dram of acetanilid every 2-4 hours, according to the 

 size of the horse. Put on regular fever mixture less the aconite 

 with 1 ounce of muriate of ammonia added to a pint mixture. 

 Apply some counter-irritant on both sides of the chest and in 

 front. Provide a nurse day and night and see the horse twice 

 a day. 



With the fever mixture and the acetanilid you can reduce the 

 fever in 24 hours. If the mucous glands are severely excited 

 and inflamed, then do not try to reduce it too quickly. 



Suppose you have a severe case — temperature 106, pulse 90, 

 respiration 30, etc. You must stimulate with alcohol, quinine, 

 strychnine, strophanthus and perhaps nitroglycerine. Increase 

 the strength of the heart if possible. We get the best results 

 from moderate doses repeated often. 



If you have a valuable draft stallion to treat, mucous rales, 

 pulse 90 and soft, mucous membranes blue, etc., give a dram of 



