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taneously if you follow the instructions already outlined. 

 It would be a physiological impossibility for the patient 

 to overcome the pathological condition attacking him 

 without the presence of a rise in body temperature. 



2. By good nursing, sanitation, hygiene and enticing 

 feeds, endeavor to keep the patient cheerful. As long as 

 he is cheerful he will eat ; and as long as he is eating well, 

 he is making good progress. In no other disease is the 

 appetite such a good index of the patient's condition. 



3. If it is not possible, or practicable, to arrange suf- 

 ficient and proper ventilation in the stall, have the horse 

 put out of doors. Fresh air is half the treatment. 



4. Make it a point to observe your patient with espe- 

 cial care from the fifth to the eighth day of his attack. 

 While many cases of pneumonia in horses come to reso- 

 lution without marked crises, nearly as many do go 

 through a genuine crisis. This is generally forecast 

 by an additional rise in temperature, by increased respi- 

 ratory difficulty, restlessness and capricious appetite. 

 Occasionally there is a slight rigor. When these signs 

 appear on from the fifth to the eighth day, meet them 

 with strychnin. Give small doses hypodermically every 

 four or five hours if need be. If it is not convenient to 

 administer hypodermically instruct the attendant so that 

 he may give it per rectum. 



5. Eemember that a single dose of mixed bacterins 

 given early in the attack will almost positively prevent 

 empyema. 



6. Begin the treatment of all cases with a good mus- 

 tard plaster. 



No great strides have been made in the treatment of 

 pneumonia. Even in human medicine, where every op- 

 portunity and facility for improvement exists, the treat- 

 ment of pneumonia is today practically the same as it 

 was a generation or two ago. This is not because no 



