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that the difference between the acute and chronic conditions of this 

 affection is very marked. 



Treatment op Chronic Rhettmatism. — Local treatment con- 

 sists in the application of vapor, warm blankets and leggings, and 

 stimulating liniments, the patient to be located in a warm, yet ven- 

 tilated stable. 



The following is probably one of the best local applications: 



Sulphuric Ether 2 ounces. 



Oil of Cedar 2 " 



Camphor 1 " 



Proof Spirit 1 pint. 



Soft Soap 1 gill. 



Dissolve the oil of cedar in the sulphuric ether ; then dissolve the 

 camphor first, and soap afterwards, in the proof spirit, and mix. 



Apply a portion of the above to the affected parts, night and 

 morning, so long as the case may seem to require it. 



Constitutional Treatment. — The constitutional remedies are 

 various. Those entitled to our greatest confidence are : 



First — Medicines which act upon the cutaneous vessels. 



/Secondly — Medicines recognized as pure tonics, Avhich impart 

 tone and activity to organs, without inducing subsequent pros- 

 tration. 



Thirdly — Medicines known as general stimulants, that excite 

 without depression. 



As an example of the above, we give the following formula: 



Thayer's Fluid Extract of Black Cohosh, diaphoretic 2 ounces. 



" " " Gentian, pure tonic 2 " 



" " " Jamaica Ginger, stimulant 1 " 



Syrup of Garlic, anti-spasmodic 4 " 



Mix. 



One-fourth of this mixture may be given night and morning, in 

 the form of drench. 



Other medicines are in high repute, such, for example, as hydrio- 

 date of potassa, nitrate of potassa, phosphate of ammonia, camphor, 

 aconite, capsicum, &c., &c. 



HERPES IN HORSES. 



The term " Herpes,^'' is derived from the Greek, which signifies 

 ^^ I creep,''"' because the disease creeps and spreads about the skin. 



In the United States, I believe, this cutaneous affection has never 

 raged in an epizootic form. I have seen and treated a few isolated 

 cases, and the subjects of the same were of a lymphatic and scrofu- 

 lous temperament. In these cases, it appeared as an eruption in the 

 form of vesicles, and scurvy roughness of the skin ; the vesicles or 

 eruptions, at first, were in irregular clusters, but in the course of a 

 few days they became confluent, or ran together. There existed 

 some heat and tenderness in the vicinity of the diseased localities — 

 head, neck, shoulders and limbs — and the general health of the ani- 



