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or there may be no discharge. The legs generally 

 swell and sometimes the floor of the abdomen. 



Rheumatic complications sometimes exist from the 

 onset of the malady, but rheumatism of the joints and 

 tendons more frequently make their appearance at 

 convalescence, and leave the animal more or less a 

 cripple for life. 



REMEDIES. Much skill is required in the treat- 

 ment of this disorder, and it is necessary to study it 

 with great attention before remedial means are at- 

 tempted, whether by the veterinary surgeon or the 

 owner of the horse. The treatment generally adopted, 

 until within the last thirty years, was bleeding and 

 purging, and the mortality as attested was 50 per 

 cent. ; but since bleeding and purging have been 

 abandoned, and the treatment we are about to pre- 

 scribe has been substituted, 5 per cent, or less will 

 cover the loss. 



When the disease has found an entrance in a 

 stud, the stableman should be instructed to look into 

 the manger of each horse the first thing on opening 

 the stable, and in every case where he finds the horse 

 has not fed, on no account allow that horse to go to 

 work. 



Remove the horse to a well-ventilated loose box. 

 Place on his body a warm rug and roll his limbs in 

 flannel bandages. Then administer the following 

 febrifuge drink : 



Nitrated ether i ounce, 



Liqor. ammon. acetas . . 4 ounces, 



Tinct. of aconite . . 15 drops, 



Water . . I pint. 



Let this drink be given morning and evening until 

 the fever subsides. To regulate the bowels give an 



