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in the horse. Bleeding can rarely be employed, partly because 

 the disease so often assumes a subacute form, and partly because 

 when first seen considerable effusion has often already taken place 

 and severe depletive measures are thereby contraindicated. 



A laxative dose (i ft.) of sulphate magnesia, may be given in 

 warm gruel, and the same means by compresses, hot fomentations 

 and couriterirritation adopted, and the same sedative and diuretic 

 medicines given as in the horse. In the advanced stages and in 

 the low types of the disease the stimulating diuretics (sweet spirits 

 of nitre, and liquor of the acetate of ammonia) and vegetable and 

 mineral tonics are especially indicated. The diet in these last 

 types must be nutritive, laxative and easily digested. 



Tapping of the chest is equally applicable as in the horse, {^see 

 Hydrothorax . ) 



In the chronic forms everything is to be done to support the 

 general health whether by food stimulants or tonics, and counter- 

 irritants may be applied several times. 



