INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. 
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Cause. —The proximate cause of this complaint is not 
well ascertained ; hut it is said to proceed from cold, pro¬ 
ducing inflammation in the mucous membrane. 
Remedy.— To effect a speedy cure, every means should 
be adopted to facilitate suppuration; and fomentation or 
heating liniments will prove the most effectual. It has 
been found that oil of bays injected up the nostrils fre¬ 
quently has the effect of inducing speedy suppuration. 
Steam of hot water has also been successfully employed; 
or holding a thick cloth steeped in warm water to the nos¬ 
trils will produce the same effect. Putting a warm mash 
of bran into a thick canvass bag, and attaching it to the 
nose, in the same manner as the nose-bag of a horse, has 
also been attended with speedy results. While the animal 
is labouring under this disease, he should be kept warm, 
and in a house, and supplied with nutritious food. 
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CHAPTER II. 
DISEASES OF THE CHEST. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. 
Symptoms. —The premonitory symptoms of this complaint 
are loss of appetite, with depression and an appearance of 
anxiety ; rapidity of breathing, and consequent increased 
motion of the flanks, accompanied by a hard, dry, short 
cough, with a slimy discharge from the sides of the 
mouth. The pulse is quick and small, and difficult to be 
felt. The under surface of the eyelids is considerably in¬ 
flamed, and sometimes approaching to a deep orange colour 
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