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iveiiess of the disease to tlie state of the weather, and to revul- 

 sive agents appHed to the part. The neck may be held rigidly in 

 one position, to one side or elevated so that there is great diflficult}' 

 in getting tlie nose to the ground. 



'Vhii costal muscles 2irQ\e^^ frequently attacked (pleurodynia), 

 but the same general principles guide in diagnosis. 



Seidamgrotzky alleges the constant existence of acidity of the 

 urine in nuiscular rlieumatism. This may be attributed to the 

 active trophic changes going on in the mu.scles. 



SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM 



IN CATTLE. 



Sudden onset, hyperthermia, chill, fever, acid saliva, decubitus, does not 

 stretch on rising, lameness, joints involved, metastasis, variability, morning 

 and noon, supiniralion, walking on toe, secondary articular rheumatism. 

 Course : muscular symptoms, cardiac, pleuritic, digestive. Chronic. Mus- 

 cular rheumatism : of back, loins, shoulder, quarter, neck. Changes in 

 blood and nutrition. 



There is a sudden attack with constitutional disorder, chill, 

 .staring coat, cold horns and ears, dry nuizzle, impaired appetite 

 and rumination, acid saliva, constipation, thirst, hurried breath- 

 ing, hard accelerated pulse and more or less hyperthermia. 

 Then tliere may come reaction with surface heat and glow. The 

 patient inclines to lie and when raised fails to .stretch the back or the 

 hind limbs, stands with arched back, and walks stiffly and with 

 more or less lameness. The joints attacked may be determined 

 by local .strain, compression on concussion, hence the frequency 

 of lesions of the knees and fetlocks. Yet any of the great joints 

 of the liml)s may suffer, — hip, stifle, hock, shoulder or elbow — or 

 several may be affected at once. The disease may extend from 

 one joint to another, ma}- improve in one or more, only to suffer 

 a relapse, and may oscillate better and worse according to the 

 state of the weather or the exposure to cold or warmth. Often 

 almost helpless in the early morning, the patient improves greatly 

 in the heat of the sun. 



The affected joint is swollen, distended with liquid, hot and ten- 

 der with considerable infiltration of the surrounding tissues, in- 



