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DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMEN1. 



Heved next day ; but if not, recovery will not commonly take place 

 before the fifth or sixth day. Give from 2 to 3 drachms nitrate of 

 potass two or three times a day. When there is improvement, 

 which will be denoted by the pulse becoming full and regular and 

 the expression and actions being lively, give Jess fever medicine 

 and at longer intervals. Should too much be given, it will be 

 noticed by falling of the pulse, sweating, trembling, and anxious 

 eye, when it should be discontinued, and stimulants would be 

 indicated. v* 



Nurse by giving simple food, such as a little bran with boiled 

 oats, linseed meal, cooked carrots, with a little good hay. If there 

 is much weakness, give moderate doses of whisky or brandy, 

 from 4 to 6 ounces two or thtfee times a day, being governed by its 

 effects. If, the bowels are ( bound, move them by enemas. Re- 

 covery will be greatly aided by the use of stimulants and tonics ; 

 liquor acetate of ammonia in 2 ounce doses three or four times a 

 day, may be used. 



The best veterinary surgeons now all agree that bleeding is 

 not only unnecessary but injurious in treating pneumonia and 

 pleurisy. ( 



Pleurisy. 



As before stated, pleurisy is inflammation of the pleura. 

 Symptoms. — It may be sudden or gradual in its attack, the 



horse showing indisposition, 

 sometimes for days previous. 

 He will be dull and heavy in 

 action for a day or two, un- 

 willing to lie down, pulse no': 

 much disturbed, or there is a 

 chill, or shivering fit, which 

 lasts from one to three hours, 

 when fever sets in ; breath- 

 ing at flanks a little accel- 

 erated, countenance is anx- 

 ious, the head is sometimes 

 turned toward the side ; does not lie down. As the disease ad- 

 vances, the symptoms becomd more marked. The ears and legs 

 become cold ; the pulse, from being a little accelerated, grows 

 quicker, hard, and full ; the head is hung forward ; stands up per- 

 sistently; breathing hurried; the membrane of the nose and eyes 

 red. 



Fig. 808.— Usual Appearance of a Horse Suffering 

 from Pleurisy. From Mayhew. 



