ACUTE SERO-FIBRINOUS PLEURISY IN THE HORSE. 



PIvEURlTIS. 



Causes, cold, damp, soils and exposures, as with rheumatism, youth, vigor, 

 heavy diet, digestive, or hepatic disorder, over- exertion , perspiration and 

 succeeding chill, wading or swimming rivers, standing in snow, salted snow, 

 rain, sleet, snow, draughts between open doors and windows, clipping, cold 

 sponging of legs, tuberculosis a common cause in man and cattle is rare in 

 horses, surface pneumonias, cancers, actinomycosis, tumors. Traumas from 

 broken rib, penetrating intercostal wound, blows, contusions, ruptured pul- 

 monary or intercostal abscess. Irritant (infectious) exudate suggests mi- 

 crobes. Symptoms, chill, reaction, partial sweats, pawing, pointing one 

 foot, hyperthermia, hard, jarring pulse, hurried breathing, inspiration catch- 

 ing, pleuritic ridge, uneasy movements, hacking cough, tumors and twitch- 

 ing of chest muscles, tender intercostals, grunting, friction sound, subsiding 

 with appearance of dull area below, signs of effusion, relief, dyspnoea, lift- 

 ing flanks and 1 ins, perspirations, stocking limbs, pasty swelling on ster- 

 num, effusion of same level on both sides, creaking sounds, splashing, gur- 

 gling, metallic tinkling, weakness, sinking. Signs of adhesions, compres- 

 sion of lung, abscess. Duration. Lesions, early formation of false mem- 

 branes, pleuritic effusion, its composition, its color at different stages, dry 

 pleurisy, sero fibrinous, sero fibro-purulent, hydro pneumothorax, tubercle. 

 Prognosis. Treatment, during the chill, warm air, clothing, drinks, injec- 

 tions, compresses, pilocarpin during early inflammatory stage, derivatives, 

 dry cupping, mustard, cantharides, hot water, or air, cold applications, lax- 

 atives, calmatives, anti rheumatics, alkaline agents, with bitters, diuretics, 

 heart tonic, iodine, mercury, thoracentesis. 



Definition. This is an acute or chronic inflammation of the 

 pleura with a sero-fibrinous exudation into its cavity. 



Synonyms. Pleuritis, Morbus pleuriticus, Morbus lateralis, 

 Pneumonia pleuritis. Peripneumonia. Fr., Pleuresie. Ger., 

 Seitenstich. Brustfellenzxindung. //., Pleurisia. Sp., Pleuresia. 



Causes. Pleurisy is common in all domestic animals and es- 

 pecially so in cold, damp, exposed localities which suffer equally 

 from rheumatism. It occasionally extends to the fascia of the 

 limbs, the joints, or the navicular or other trochlea as a rheu- 

 matic affection. The disease is prevalent among young and vig- 

 orous horses, four or five years old, on stimulating feeding. 

 Here hepatic derangements and poisons, over-exertion, perspira- 

 tion and succeeding chills are especially to be suspected. Plung- 

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