PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF 

 RHEUMATISM. 



Prevention. Avoid known causes, untimely clipping, exposed buildings, 

 over-fatigue, chills, cold rains, dews and frosts, disorders of liver and bowels, 

 sweets, spiced food, over-feeding, constipation, torpid liver, injuries to joints 

 or tendons. Treatment : warm stall and clothing, laxative food in modera- 

 tion, purgatives, aloes, castor oil, jalap, saline enemas, colchicum, alkalies, 

 trimethylamine, acetate of ammonia, salicylic acid, salicylates, salicine, oil 

 of gaultheria, salicine for debilitated. Large doses hourly or every two hours. 

 Less effective in chronic cases. Heart failure. Salol. Salophen. Plieno- 

 coll. Antipyrin. Acetanilid. Pilocarpin. Tartar emetic. Dover's pow- 

 der. Ammonium acetate. Chamomile. Boneset. Hot baths and packs, 

 with cold on head. Hand-rubbing. Hot drinks. Nauseants. Hot iron. 

 Anodyne liniments. Rubefacients. Blisters. Salicylate of methyl and 

 other salicylates. Quinine and potassium iodide. Tincture of muriate of 

 iron. In chronic cases, tonics, cod liver oil, arsenic, guaiacum, potassium 

 iodide. Essential oils. Electricity. 



Prevention. This consi.sts in the avoidance of all known causes 

 of the disease and must vary to some extent for different genera 

 of animals. The avoidance of cold and exposure, of clipping at 

 unsuitable seasons, of exposed sites for buildings (north and 

 northwest exposures, narrow valleys and ravines), of over- fa- 

 tigue, of perspiration and sub.sequent chilling, of cold rains, dews 

 and frosts, of inactivity, or habitual overloading of the liver and 

 bowels, and of local injuries of joints or tendons. Hotise dogs 

 especially shotild be protected from sweets, spiced food, frequent 

 feeding, constipation and torpid liver. 



Treatment. One of the itiost important considerations is a 

 warm stall or building, or warm clothing including loose woolen 

 bandages on the legs, in the horse. Eaxative food is called for. 



In acute cases and especially in fat pampered dogs, and in all 

 cases associated with torpid or disordered liver, a preliminary 

 laxative will be of great service, and others should be given later 

 as demanded. The horse may have aloes or salines, and saline 

 enemata maj- be given to all animals when called for throughout 

 the progress of the disease. Pigs may take i or 2 drops croton 

 oil, or like dogs they may be given castor oil or jalap. Torpid 

 liver and constipation must always be carefully guarded again.st. 



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