2st The Diseases of Animals 
doses, well diluted with water, and apply a mustard 
plaster to the lungs if the congestion continues. 
PNEUMONIA, INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS, LUNG FEVER 
Inflammation of the Iungs is a rather common 
disease in all domestic animals. There are several 
forms of the disease, depending on the part of the 
Iung most seriously affected. If the outer covering 
(pleura) is also diseased, the name pleuro-pneumonia 
is given; when the bronchial tubes are also affected, 
the trouble is called broncho- pneumonia. If the 
disease is confined to one lobe of the lung, it is called 
lobar-pneumonia. Again, the disease takes different 
names according to the character of the discharge 
thrown off by the lungs; so that there are croupous 
pneumonia, ecatarrhal pneumonia, and the like. The 
treatment for the different varieties is the same. 
Exposure, especially when warm and sweaty, brings 
on this disease. It occurs most frequently in cold 
weather. In many cases it seems to start as a severe 
“eold.” <Any irritating substance in the lungs may 
produce it, such as medicine poured into the nostrils 
which often gets into the lungs. Damp, dark and 
crowded stables predispose animals to pneumonia. True 
pneumonia is probably caused by germs or bacteria, 
and is often infectious. 
Pneumonia usually starts with a chill, which is 
followed by a fever, the temperature of the patient 
gradually rising to 104 or 105 degrees Fahrenheit. In 
some cases, in the early stages, there are colicky pains, 
