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ing tears; difficult and painful swallowing; stringy saliva; dry cough. It 
will often be of especially good service if alternated’ with aconite. Mer- 
curius is valuable for sore throat with thick nasal discharge. Arsenicum 
is especially useful for malignant sore throat with offensive breath, prostra- 
tion, and tendency to gangrene, ten drops every two hours until better. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS.—PNEUMONIA. 
This is an inflamed condition of the lung-tissues. (See Bronchitis and 
Pleurisy.) Itis caused by exposure to cold or to damp, cold weather; 
drinking cold water when heated; hard or long driving. It may attend 
bronchitis or pleurisy, and may end in consumption, dropsy of the chest, or 
other serious disorders. It is sometimes epidemic. f 
Symptoms.—Shivering; horns, muzzle and ears alternately hot and. 
cold; cold limbs; heaving, panting flanks; hanging head; dullness; muzzle 
once dry, again moist; costiveness; hard, black, offensive dung; dry, fre- 
quent cough; mouth and breath hot; loss of appetite and cud; great thirsts, 
quickened pulse occasionally, perhaps above sixty to the minute; grinding 
of teeth; groans. Later on, discharges cof watery phlegm from the 
mouth, which grows thick and sticky; loss of milk; sweats; sometimes. 
hard, swollen teats; tears profuse; tenderness of the back and crupper; the 
animal seldom lies down. Later still, very difficult breathing; great weak- 
ness; belly tucked up and legs drawn under it; dung more and more liquid 
and offensive; ulcers on the body come and go; offensive discharge from 
the eyes; unconsciousness; pupils of the eyes enlarged and filmy; mem- 
branes of the mouth, nose and throat grow cold; imminent death. 
TREATMENT.—Aconite given every three hours at the beginning will 
be effective and often sufficient; if marked improvement should not appear, 
give this in alternation with bryonia as often. Arsenicum is needed for 
great prostration. Sulphur will complete a cure once begun and restore the 
system. Ifthe weather be cold, clothe the animal against damp and cold. 
Give sparingly of such food as bran and boiled oats. Should other diseases 
follow, adopt the treatment given under them. Also consult the section on 
Pneumonia or Inflammation of the Lungs in the Horse. 
CONSUMPTION. 
Consumption is a serious, usually chronic, disorder that is marked by 
tubercles in the lungs, which grow, run together, and form abscesses. It is 
caused by neglect or bad treatment of pneumonia or pleurisy, by cold, chill, 
over-exertion, or a hereditary tendency to the diseases. 
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