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extending along the side of the abdomen. The respiration 

 becomes increased and peculiarly labonred ; and the ear ap- 

 plied to the chest will detect a rough rasping noise/ and there 

 is generally present a short, painful, suppressed cough, easily 

 excited by pressure on the larynx ; the legs and ears are 

 cold, the bowels unmoved, and the urine scanty. At times 

 the appearances of recovery are deceptive, the fever and 

 breathing are not so intense, and the horse apparently seems 

 relieved, he will, perhaps, eat a little, the skin looks sleek 

 and glossy. These signs of amendment may even continue 

 for several days, but if the pulse is gradually increasing in 

 frequency, and its strength diminishing, in all probability 

 water is forming in the chest, constituting 



HYDKOTHOEAX, " OE WATEE IN THE CHEST." 



When this has taken place to any great extent, there is 

 difficulty in breathing, and flapping of the nostrUs ; the eyes 

 are clear and unnaturally prominent, the intercostal spaces 

 bulge ^ut, and the ear appKed to the chest can only detect 

 the respiratory murmur above the surface of the fluid. The 

 legs and breast swell, the circulation becomes more and 

 more impaired, the pulse getting weak and indistinct. 



Treatment of Pleurisy is similar to that of pneumonia. 

 In the first stage we recommend bleeding, but after the 

 second or third day blood-letting is not advisable. Give 

 laxatives — as aloes four drachms, or one pint of linseed oil — 

 clothe the body well, and apply ,to the sides hot cloths, or 

 the animoniacal liniment. (See page 212.) Administer in 

 cold water, every two or three hours, ten drops of Fleming's 

 tincture of aconite, combined with^two drachms of the nitrate 

 of potash ; after giving six doses of the aconite, discontinue 

 it, and give instead — 



