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much reddened. By placing your ear to the sides of the 
chest or to the windpipe a peculiar gurghng noise may be 
heard. The legs and ears are cold. If following a case of 
catarrh or influenza the affected animal will refuse his food 
and tremble all over the body. The ears and legs are cold, 
the mouth hot and pulse quick and weak. By placing your 
ear at the sides you will hear a wheezing sound. He stands, 
as he is generally found standing in all lung troubles, and if 
he does lie down will get up immediately. If the disease is 
not soon checked it will develop into inflammation of the 
lungs. 
Treatment. — Whatever is done in the way of treatment 
must be done quickly. This is not a very fatal disease, but a 
simple one to treat if taken in time. Keep well supplied with 
good, fresh air, and always be careful to avoid a draft. Keep 
the body well covered according to the time of the year, and 
give 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre.... 1 ounce, or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Laudanum Yz ounce, or 2 dessertspoonfuls. 
Put in a pint of cold water, shake well and give as a 
drench, being careful not to choke the animal in giving it. 
Have the legs well hand rubbed, if cold, and bandaged ; and 
if the animal is in high condition and full of blood it is well 
to give, with the above drench, 
Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 10 to 15 drops. 
Also put a mustard plaster on the sides over the lungs. Take 
54 lb. of mustard, with 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls of flour and 
enough vinegar or warm water to make it into the form 
of a paste. Rub this well over the sides of the chest with 
the hand, and in some cases it is well to rub the front of the 
chest as well as the sides. In some cases hot water cloths 
held up to the sides are beneficial. If he is not relieved in 
a couple of hours give another drench, the same as that men- 
tioned above. Repeat the drench every two hours until the 
animal gets relief. It is also well to give him only a mouth- 
ful of cold water at a time, but give it to him often. Feed 
him soft food, and after he begins to get better, exercise him 
a little by walking him around; also give the following 
mixture : 
Ground Gentian Root 54 pound. 
Nitrate of Potash, or Saltpetre ^ pound. 
Mix thoroughly together and give a teaspoonful three times a 
