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bute not a little to the development of the malady. These aiii- 
mals, which hav^ been driven a hundred leagues in bad weather, 
and frequently half starved, arrive famished, and therefore the 
more fatigued, and the greater part of them lame. Calculating 
on their ravenous appetite, the graziers, instead of giving them 
wholesome food, make them consume the worst that the farm 
contains —musty and mouldy fodder; and it is usually by the 
cough, which the eating of such food necessarily produces, that 
the disease is discovered and first developed. 
Treatment ,—The treatment of chronic pleuro-pneumonia con¬ 
sists, first, in mild and nourishing food, and not in a restricted 
diet, which can only augment the weakness of the animal, and 
thereby accelerate his death. Green meat should be given when 
it can be procured, as it may soften the hardened matters con¬ 
tained in the manyplus, and which are found in almost all the 
internal diseases of ruminants. Mucilaginous or acidulated 
drinks given in large quantities will have the same effect; and 
whey, which is generally abundant on farms where cheese is 
made, may be given with advantage. Bleeding is seldom indi¬ 
cated ; but if the state of the pulse should seem to require it, 
very little blood must be taken at once; small bleedings, how¬ 
ever, may be occasionally repeated. I have seen bleeding hasten 
the death of the animal. If any thing can be of service to the 
beast in this case, it is rowels. They should be employed to 
a great extent, and in an early stage of the disease ; but before 
making use of them, the practitioner ought to be certain that 
the owner means to continue the medical treatment of the ani¬ 
mal, as the swellings produced by the setons and rowels will, in 
all probability, prevent the butcher from buying it. Emollient 
injections, dry rubbing, and warmth, are the most useful auxi¬ 
liaries that can be employed. 
Notwithstanding all these means, it is seldom that a beast is 
saved ; nor is that suprising, considering the numerous adhesions 
which were formed between the lungs and the sides of the chest 
before the animal began to exhibit any symptom of illness. It is 
always preferable, when the beast is not too thin, to sell it to 
the butcher before the process of emaciation is thoroughly esta¬ 
blished ; by this means some part of the price of the ox is re¬ 
covered, and the expense of a long and generally unsuccessful 
treatment saved. 
Out of about thirty cattle which I have had under treatment 
for this disease, two only were apparently cured, and got into 
condition, and one of them died suddenly a few days after it was 
sold. 
Contagion ,—Is chronic pleuro-pneumonia contagious? The 
