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pears at a late stage, injections of warm water and a mild laxative 

 (6 ounces sulphate of soda) only, should be given. The laxa- 

 tive may be followed by the same neutral salts and in the same 

 doses as for the horse. Counterirritants are of equal value. A 

 mustard poultice may be kept on for several hours, or a mixture 

 in equal parts of oil of turpentine, ammonia, and olive oil may be 

 actively rubbed over both sides of the chest and repeated daily 

 until tender. In Denmark a prompt and eflScient blister is made 

 with I part of Croton oil and 10 parts each of sulphuric ether and 

 spirits of wine. This is rubbed actively over the chest and 

 washed off as soon as a sufficient effect has been produced. It 

 must be carefully watched to prevent blemishing. 



In the low t5rpes of the disease and during convalescence, stim- 

 ulants and tonics are to be employed as recommended for the 

 horse. 



Chronic Pneumonia. Gelle describes a chronic form of this 

 disease in cows. For about a month the patient became increas- 

 ingly emaciated, there was a frequent, dry, weak cough, lifting 

 of the flanks, and expiration double and accompanied by a moan. 

 All these symptoms were aggravated by gentle exercise. Percus- 

 sion detected dullness at the lower part of the lung, and ausculta- 

 tion, a distinct crepitating rile. The pulse was weak and rapid, 

 the mucous membranes red and tumid, skin dry, ears and horns 

 cold, appetite small and capricious, rumination rare, excrements 

 soft, and milk almost dried up. 



The treatment is by diuretics with vegetable tonics and stimu- 

 lants and active counterirritation over the chest. Gelle considers 

 the disease as all but incurable unless active blistering is prompt- 

 ly employed so soon as the malady has assumed the chronic form 

 and before extensive structural changes have taken place in the 

 lungs. 



