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134&#93; 1 !4] LUN into the spurioux, which is occa- sioned by pituitous or viscid mat- ter obstructing the lungs ; and the catarrhal, which may originate from any of the causes already spe- cified, but more especially from a defluxion of thin acrid matter on these organs. The treatment of both, however, being similar, we shall briefly state the chief points relative to this subjett. Without exception, the most efficacious remedy in pulmonic ry inflammation is blood - letting, which may be performed in either arm; and the quantity of blood to be taken away must be in pro- portion to the patient's strength. — Leeches may also be advantageous- ly applied ; and, if a large portion of blood is to be drawn, it will be safer to have recourse to cupping and scaritication, as nearly as pos- sible to the part affeited. Next to bleeding, the antiphlogistic or cooling regimen should be stri6tly adhered to ; the patient not be in- dulged in feather-beds, or warm couches, as long as he can support himself; and warm diluent drinks, impregnated with vegetable and BiLrous acids, should be given in copious draughts. Poultices and fom.entations have also been applied to the painful side with considerable success ; but the repeated use of blisters has been found more effeftual. Much, how- ever, depends on an easy expefto- ration, for v.hich purpose linseed- oil, or other mucilaginous demul- cents, are eminently serviceable. De Haen recommends the use of oil mixed wit : op:um ; Dr. Hamil- ton tound the latter drug, when combined with calomel, to be yery beneficial in tliis and other iiiflammatoiy diseases] and his es- LUN perience of this medicine has been amply confirmed. Among the various remedies proposed with the view of afford- ing relief in the commencement of this formidable disease, few have been more efficacious than the steam of warm water impregnated with vinegar, and copiously inhaled by means of Dr. jMudge's ma- chine, of which we have already given some account, in p. 451 of our 1st volume. — One of the most powerful expedorantSy however, appears to be the tartarized anti- mony, given in very small or nau- seating doses. And, as inflamma- tions of this nature frequently ter- minate in what are called critical and spontaneous sweats, these ought to be cautiously promoted, but without the aid of stimulant medicines. — Lastly, the diet cannot be too slender ; it should, indeed, consist chiefly of weak broths, slightly acidulated with the juice of oranges or of lemons ; and the patient's drink ought to be thin water-gruel, sweetened with ho- ney, or a decoftion of liquorice, the roots of fennel, and the like, in which a small portion of currant, or similar jelly, may be dissolved. Inflammation of the Lungs, in Farriery, a disorder to which horses are occasionally subjed. It is indicated by the aniujai's rest- lessness, as he never lies down during the prevalence of this ma- lady : his fever is violent, and he breathes witii difficulty. The mouth is generally open, whence a kind of ropy slime flows copiously, while a viscid reddish or yellowish water runs from his nose, and likewise adheres to the inside of his nostrils. The first remedy in this com- plaint is bleeding : three English quarts