INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. 



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COMPARATIVE TABLE OF CHRONIC SYMPTOMS. 



Early 

 symp- 

 toms. 



Term- 

 ination. 



Treat- 

 ment. 



Chronic Pleurisy. 



Inspiration slower 

 than expiration ; cough 

 dry; pulsequickerthan 

 natural, small and 



Either in a cure, or 

 else there is an effu- 

 sion of serum into 

 the chest, and gene- 

 rally also into the 

 belly and limbs, 

 causing suffocation 

 by pressure. 



The same as for 

 acute pleurisy, but 

 milder in degree, 

 and the diet is not 

 required to be so 

 strictly confined to 

 slops. 



Chronic Pneumonia. 



Respiration quick 

 and painful ; cough 

 troublesome but re- 

 strained ; expectora- 

 tion trifling ; pulse 

 quick and full. 



If not ending in a 

 cure, there is great 

 difficulty of breath- 

 ing, often ending in 

 suffocation. The 



animal does not lie 

 down, but sits up 

 on his hind legs, 

 supporting himself 

 on his fore legs. 



Bleeding will seldom 

 be required. Give 

 the calomel, opium, 

 and tartar emetic, 

 without the digitalis, 

 in the doses ordered 

 for acute pneumo- 

 nia. After a few 

 days have recourse 

 to the bolus (46). 

 Diet nourishing, but 

 strictly confined to 

 farinaceous articles. 

 The embrocation is 

 of great service. 



Chronic Bronchitis. 



Respiration quick 

 but free ; cough con- 

 stant and severe, but 

 without pain ; pulse 

 scarcelv affected. 



Ends in a cure, or 

 in a permanently 

 chronic state of in- 

 flammation. Or, if 

 fatal, there is suffo- 

 cation from effusion, 

 but this is very rare 

 in chronic bronchi- 

 tis. 



Dispense with the 

 emetic, and at once 

 try the cough bolus 

 (46). In very mild 

 cases, give ipecacu- 

 anha ^ grain, rhu- 

 barb 2 grains, opium 

 \ grain, in a pill, 3 

 times a day. Apply 

 the mustard embro- 

 cation (43). Milk 

 diet, with nourish- 

 ing slops. 



These various forms constantly run into one another, so that 

 we seldom see pleurisy without some degree of pneumonia, or the 

 latter without bronchitis. Still one generally predominates over 

 the other, and, as far as treatment is concerned, that one may be 

 considered as distinct So also there is every shade between the' 



