AND LECTURES 43 
| PRESCRIPTION. 
Aconite, Tincture Ole ara Ps ee, GEIeH int 
Belladonna, Fluid Extract of . . 2 drachms 
Mester, gq: s. ad. ... . » » + .%.4 ounces 
Mix and give one tablespoonful every two hours until 
breathing is better, and pulse is down in the neighborhood 
of 45 beats per minute. If congestion does not yield to 
this treatment, look out for a case of pneumonia and adopt 
without delay treatment prescribed in it and apply it vigor- 
ously. The approach of pneumonia will be indicated by a 
rise in temperature, which, if it goes to ror 1-2, and breath- 
ing continues to be labored you may know without any 
guess work what the trouble is. 
Pleuresy. 
The lining of the chest and covering of the lungs are 
serous membranes or sacks which iuclose the lungs, and 
protect them from friction with any other portion of the 
chest or frame work of the body by means of the serous 
slipery secretion which comes from these membranes and 
lubricates, as it were, thelungs proper. These membranes 
are called the Pleura. and any inflamation of them is called 
Pleurisy. which disease is usually attended by great pain, 
and is often followed by hydrothorax, or filling of the chest 
with water. Pleurisy may exist alone, or in combination 
with pneumonia. When it appears in combination we call 
it Pleuro-Pneumonia. 
Cause—Sudden exposure to cold rains andthe like. A 
draft in the stable, especially if the horse comes in warm, 
or any shock in the way of a quick change when the ani- 
mal has any tendency whatever to take cold. 
