78 DISEASES OP THE HOESB. 



Causes. Wounds in the chest, and when underneath the 

 skin, it is caused by undue pressure on the part, causing a 

 separation of the skin from the fascia. 



Treatment. This consists in evacuating the air by slight 

 punctures on the surface of the swelling, assisted by gentle 

 pressure of the hand. 



When in the lungs, give good feeding, and occasionady 

 small doses of the tincture of aconite root, say ten drops, 

 three times in the day, to relieve the breathing, until the 

 lungs heal up. 



Encysted Tumors. — (See Tumors.) 



Encephaloid. — (See Tumors.) 



Eudermic. — ^A plan of treating disease by placing the 

 medicine in contact with or under the skin. Morphia and 

 strychnia are the agents in common use in this form of 

 administration. (See Typhosus.) 



Enema. — (See Injection.) 



Enteritis. — (See Bowel Diseases.) 



Enzootic. — A good name for cattle disease, as it makes 

 the disease among animals instead of upon man. 



Ephemeral. — A fever which runs its coui-se in twelve 

 to forty-eight hours. 



Epidemic. — This term is applied to diseases of animals, 

 but improperly, as the term is exclusively a name that 

 should only be used for diseases when man is the subject. 

 Epi, upon, and demo, the people — a disease upon the peo- 

 ple. Epizootic is the proper name for animal diseases. Epi, 

 upon, 20071, an animal — diseases upon animals. 



Epizootic. — ^A disease that attacks many animals at the 

 same time and season, originating in one common cause. 



