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TREATMENT OF PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN 
HORNED CATTLE. 
By J. Holden, Burley. 
I am glad to find this subject again before the profession, 
and for this very reason, that so little information upon it has 
been forthcoming of late. The disease appears to be as rife 
and virulent as ever ; the pathology not better understood ; 
and I fear, the losses under the most judicious treatment, not 
less, upon the average, than they have been for some time 
past. If my experience, with regard to the treatment of the 
malady, can in any way contribute to the general weal, I shall 
feel much gratification in having invited attention to this 
all-important subject. 
According to the stage of disease, so are my proceedings. 
When called to the patient, I usually bleed freely, and, if 
admissible, administer a gentle aperient of Magnes. Sulph., 
with Spir. iEth. Nit. I follow up this treatment by the ad- 
ministration of Liq. Ammon. Acet. 3 v j, Spir. JEth. Nit. 3j, 
and Pot. Tart. 5j, et Pulv. Digital. 3j, every twelve hours, 
until the inflammatory action ceases. When I have found 
extreme debility, caused partly by the disease, and perhaps 
by the absorption of the digitalis, to be the chief obstacle to 
recovery, I commence the use of mild tonics, combined with 
Ammon. Carb. I have found the following to be especially 
serviceable — 
]pt) Pulv. Calumbae, 5 v j > 
Ammon. Carb., 
Gum. CampL, aa ; 
Farinse Com., ^ss. 
Theriac. q. s. ut ft. bolus. 
repeated twice or thrice a day. 
I must not forget to mention the application, in the early 
stage, of Lin. Crotoni to the sides, or Sinapisms, made with 
turpentine instead of water. The free use of the Calcis Chlor. 
with every other means usually employed to keep the air 
pure, and the patient comfortable. The diet must be regu- 
lated by the varying circumstances of the state of the animal. 
Although by these and similar means I have often succeeded 
beyond my most sanguine expectations, still I attest to the 
fact, that we have yet much to unlearn , as well as learn, rela- 
tive to Pleuro-Pneumonia. 
