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mal, causing deformity of the joints as well as subsequent 

 chronic disease. A cure rarely results from treatment and has 

 been noticed most frequently in dogs and swine. 



Treatment. For the acute inflammatory attacks salicylic 

 acid with its salts, especially salicylate of soda, are said to be 

 specifics, but now and then they fail, as a case of Frohner 

 proves. To large animals one may give 30 to 40 gm. 2 or 3 

 times daily, to small ones 1 to 2 giii. 3 or 4 times daily. (Men- 

 del and Behr saw quicker effect in man after the intravenous 

 injection of salicylic acid.) With this treatment the fever 

 usually declines after the first day and the local symptoms also 

 improve. In order to assure a favorable result it appears ad- 

 visable to continue the treatment for a few days. In cases 

 where salicylic acid does no good other remedies with a similar 

 action such as antifebrin, antipvrin, salipyrin or salol may be 

 given a trial. 



For local treatment friction of the affected joints with iodo- 

 form, camphor, carbolic acid or gray mercury ointment may 

 be administered, followed by warm or Priessnitz poultices or 

 fomentations with camphorated Burow's solution. At the same 

 time the animal must, of course, be kept at rest, stabled in a 

 warm place and bedded on soft litter. If chronic changes occur 

 they must be treated by massage and absorbents, if for any 

 reason it seems desirable to keep the animal alive.— If the 

 origin of the infection is discovered, this must, of course, be 

 treated at the same time. Cattle are best slaughtered in good 

 time, before they become emaciated. 



Cheuot reports very favorable results in three cases in the horse after 

 paracentesis of the joint cavities with subsequent aspiration of the fluid exudate and 

 injection ot a 7 to 10% solution of sodium salicylate into the cavity of the joint. 



Literature. Barth^lemy, J. vet., 1894, 276.— Behr, Miinch, m. W., 1904-1908 — 

 Cadeac, Journ. vet., 1908, 24.— Chenot, Eec. dTiygiene et de med. vet. mil., 1907 

 IX.— Dammann, Mag., 1871, 296.— Ehrhardt, Schw. A., 1896, XXXVIII, 122 — 

 Frohner, Monh., 1903, XIV, 448.— Guillebeau, Schw. A., 1898, XL, l.-U^urich 

 Munch, m. W., 1904, 2089.— Harms, Hann. Jhb., 1871-72, 31.— Leblanc & Bitard j' 

 vet., 1900, 193.— Pancritius, Z. f. Vk., 1902, 389.^Pfeiffer, Monh., 1899, X 155 — 

 Strebel, Schw. A., 1903, XLV, 37.— Tetzner, Z. f. Vk., 1899, 53 (Lit.).— Webb 

 Journ. of comp. Path., 1908, XXX, 350. ' > \ / , 



Other Polyarthrites. Inflammations of joints clinically corre- 

 sponding with articular rheumatism and more or less similar to it occur 

 rather frequently in the domestic animals. Polyarthritis puerperahs 

 is one of the most frequent. It occurs as a serous, fibrinous, or purulent 

 inflammation arising generally a short time after parturition, especial- 

 ly if the afterbirth has been retained ; sometimes it does not occur until 

 some time after a birth, when it is usually due to putrefactive material 

 in the womb. Under symptoms of fever the hock joint is affected prin- 

 cipally, and often at the same time the carpal joint; eventually also 

 other joints are attacked either simultaneously or consecutively. The 



