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12th March, for a relapse of her puhnonary disease, and went out, 

 convalescent, on the 25th of the same month. On the 14th April 

 she came under treatment for lameness in the off leg, looking like 

 an attack of rheumatic inflammation in the fetlock joint, which 

 was in three days afterwards removed, and she went out again. 

 On the 15th July she fell lame in the near hind leg, apparently 

 from a similar cause, and was again cured on the 21st July. She, 

 however, had a relapse in the same joint on the 26th proximo, 

 but which was removed by the 29th. Again, on the 16th August 

 she was attacked with lameness in the off hind leg, evidently attri- 

 butable to inflammation of the fetlock joint, in my opinion, of a 

 rheumatic character, for which she continues at this time (the 2 1st 

 August) under treatment, though so much better as to afford every 

 prospect of her leaving the infirmary stable at the expiration of a 

 few days hence. 



C 24, troop mare, six years old, was attacked with the same 

 (epidemic) disease on the 26th April, and left the veterinary 

 surgeon's list May 28th, 1845. On the 3d June she fell lame in 

 the near hind leg, and was cured 28th June. Again she fell lame 

 on the 5th August ; but now in the off hind leg, the fetlock joints, 

 on both occasions, evidently being the seat of her complaint. She 

 is also (at the time this is being written) still under treatment. 



The following case, kindly furnished me by Mr. W. A. Cherry, 

 will throw more light still upon this uninvestigated though highly 

 interesting subject : — 



" In the autumn of 1841, 1 was requested to see a chestnut 

 gelding, five years old, belonging to a gentleman-farmer, who, two 

 days before, had ridden the horse to a fair, a distance of twenty-five 

 miles, and, after standing about, had ridden him home at night in a 

 drizzling rain. It appeared that the horse had had a cold for a few 

 days before this, but which was not considered sufficiently severe 

 to prevent his being ridden as before stated. When I saw the 

 horse he was evidently labouring under an attack of rheumatic 

 fever. The general affection yielded to mild antiphlogistic treat- 

 ment ; but in the off hind limb the disease seemed to become 

 aggravated, and was evidently seated in the hock joint, indicated 



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