310 ENDOCARDITIS. 



There is no treatment as yet known by which this disease can 

 be reached. 



CAEDITIS. 



This is an inflammation of the muscular structure of the heart 

 comparatively rare, or at least supposed to be so. 



In this affection the animal will be found lame, generally in 

 the off fore-leg, but upon examination no cause will be found 

 sufficient to account for it. This lameness may appear and 

 disappear several times previous to the attack's manifesting 

 itself in a more positive form, leaving the impression that the 

 lameness was rheumatic. We next find the animal refusing his 

 feed ; his heart palpitates violently ; he occasionally gasps, and 

 gnashes his teeth ; pulse full, hard, and quick ; there is a wild 

 expression of the eyes ; respiration quickened ; mouth hot and 

 dry ; and the temperature of the legs varies from moderate to 

 cold. 



For treatment cold water should be frequently given ; take 

 one drachm of white hellebore, and divide it into five powders ; 

 give one of these on the tongue every three or four hours. 

 Bleeding has been recommended ; but the author has not wit- 

 nessed any advantages from it, and therefore would on no ac- 

 count advise it. 



ENDOCARDITIS. 



This disease, called also palpitation of the heart, or, more 

 commonly, thumps, is an inflammation of the lining membrane 

 of the heart, and is generally associated with pericarditis ; the 

 inflammation readily extending itself from one part to the other 

 in consequence of their proximity. 



The symptoms are a violent palpitation of the heart, which 



