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are of a rheumatic nature, more especially the 

 deposits of new bony material in the regions of 

 the hock and fetlock joints. A damp kennel 

 favours rheumatism, which is a troublesome 

 disease amongst sporting dogs, in particular. 



Treatment. — Keep animals in a warm house \ 

 feed on soft food ; give a dose or purgative 

 medicine, and rub the joints with Capsicum's 

 Liniment, or White Oil, night and morning. If 

 chronic, for do^, give 5 grs. of Iodide of Potash, 

 twice daily, and 30 grs. of this for the horse in 

 a little water. Acute rheumatism is accompanied 

 by fever ; and there is a disease known as 

 rheumatoid arthritis or joint-ill, which simulates 

 rheumatism, but is, in reality, an infection arising 

 from the umbilical cord. 



Ribs {set Fractures ) 



Rickets 



This is a disease chiefly affecting the do^, and 

 is due to detective assimilation. The growth 

 becomes stunted : the bones abnormal : the joints 

 enlarged : and the animal arrives at the adult 

 stage in a deformed condition. The long bones 

 do not increase in length, and their extreme 

 flexibility appears to be due to a deficiency of 

 mineral matter in them. 



(Jive cod-liver oil: extract of malt: Fellows' 



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