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COMPARATIVE TABLE OF SYMPTOMS—(Continued), 
Acute Pleurisy. 
Acute Pneumonia. 
Acute Bronchitis, 
Treat- | Try the fever pow- | embrocation (42). | chest, and give the 
ment. | der (49) or (50), and | Give the cough bolus | cough bolus (46) or 
if not active enough | (46) or the draught | the draught (47). 
give calomel and | (47). If the inflam- | Low dietin the early 
opium, of each 1 | mation is very high, | stages ; afterwardsa 
grain, in a pill, three | give calomel and little solid food, not 
times a day. Low | opium, of each 1 | meat, may be given. 
diet of slops only. grain, digitalis 4 
grain, tartar emetic + 
grain, in a pill, three 
times daily. Low diet 
of slops. 
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF CHRONIC SYMPTOMS. 
Chronic Pleurisy. Chronic Pneumonia, Chronic Bronchitis. 
Early | Inspiration slower | Respiration quick | Respiration quick 
symp- | than expiration ; | and painful; cough | but free; cough con- 
toms. cough dry; pulse | troublesome but re- | stant and severe, but 
quicker than natural, | strained; expectora- | without-pain ; pulse 
small and wiry. tion trifling; pulse | scarcely affected. 
quick and full, 
Termi- | Either in a cure, or | If not ending in a| Ends in a cure, or 
nation. | else there is an effu- | cure there is great | in w permanently 
sion of serum into | difficulty of breath- | chronic state of in- 
the chest, and gene- | ing, often ending in | flammation. Or, if 
rally also into the | suffocation. The ani- | fatal, there is suffo- 
belly and limbs, | maldoesnotliedown, | cation from effusion, 
causing suffocation | but sits upon his | but this is very rare 
by pressure, hind-legs, supporting | in chronic bronchi- 
himself on his fore- | tis. 
legs. 
Treat- | The same as for! Bleeding will seldom | Dispense with the 
ment. | acute pleurisy, but | be required. Give | emetic, and at once 
milder in degree, | the calomel, opium, | try the cough bolus 
and the diet is not 
required to be so 
strictly confined to 
slops. 
and tartar emetic, 
without the digitalis, 
in the doses ordered 
for acute pneumo- 
nia. After a few 
days have recourse 
to the bolus (46). 
Diet nourishing, but 
strictly confined to 
farinaceous articles. 
The embrocation is 
of great service. 
(46). In very mild 
cases give ipecacu- 
anha 4 grain, rhu- 
barb 2 grains, opium 
1 grain, inapill, three 
timesaday. Apply 
the mustard embro- 
cation (43). Milk 
diet with nourish- 
ing slops. 
