EASTAUD STRANGLES.] 



THE HOESE, AND 



[bheumatism. 



E-ub about two table-spoonfuls of this lini- 

 ment on each gland, morning and night, and 

 take of 



Cape aloes ..... 6 drachms. 



Ginger 1 „ 



Form into a ball with soap, 



and give. If the horse's throat should be 

 at all sore, giving a ball is always attended 

 with difficulty ; and should this be the case, 

 take of 



Glauber salts 4 oz. 



Linseed meal 2 do. 



Mix the linseed meal with a little cold water 

 first in a basin, then take about a quart of hot 

 water, and dissolve the salts. When this is 

 done, mix altogether, and carefully horn it down. 

 This must be repeated morning and night, 

 until the swelling goes down, and the horse 

 begins to feed better. Should the ball have 



been given, five or six days should be allowed 

 to intervene before the dose is repeated. 



Some animals are extremely awkward, either 

 to give a draught, or to make take a ball. 

 Should such be the case, take of 



Sulphur 12 oz. 



Glauber salts, finely powdered . 1 lb. 

 Well work together in a mortar, 



and give one in the horse's feed morning and 

 night. 



Eor feed, bran mashes should be given cold ; 

 but if he should not take to these well, a 

 handful of sweet oats should be mixed with 

 them to entice him to eat. In all cases when 

 sick horses are to be fed, the hands should be 

 free from unpleasant smells, as the senses of 

 the animal are so exceedingly delicate, that 

 the least offensive smell will cause him to re- 

 fuse all kinds of food, let hia appetite be ever 

 so good. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



KHEUMATISM. — ANTICOR; LAMPAS ; WARBLES; SiTFAST ; BRUISES; BARBS. 



RHEUMATISM. 



EnEUMATisM in horses has, in England, been 

 little treated on ; though the French have 

 written considerably on it ; and this, in all 

 probability, was the cause of drawing the atten- 

 tion of the veterinarian to the subject. 



The disease is characterised by fever, pains 

 in the joints, increased by the action of the 

 muscles belonging' to the joint, the disease fre- 

 quently flying from one joint to another, and 

 this most frequently in young horses. In 

 aged animals the back and loins become the 

 parts principally afiected ; the horse going 

 stifl", scarcely able to turn, and his legs moving 

 under him more like jointless props than legs. 

 It is frequently preceded by shivering, heat, 

 thirst, and quickened pulse ; and some persons, 

 from these symptoms, are apt to think that 

 inflammation of the lungs has taken place. 

 However, the young surgeon must not be de- 

 ceived by these appearances ; for after the 

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above symptoms the pain soon commences and 

 fixes on the joints. 



Eheumatism may occur by pain in the joints 

 without fever, and this mostly with coach or 

 hack horses, from being ridden or driven hard, 

 until they perspire very much, and are after- 

 wards allowed to stand in a draft of wind. It 

 may arise also, at all times of the year, espe- 

 cially when there are frequent vicissitudes of 

 weather, from heat to cold. Obstructed per- 

 spiration is the principal cause which produces 

 rheumatism. We have an account of a horse 

 affected with sciatica, a species of rheumatism, 

 which he suddenly caught. The gentleman to 

 whom he belonged, had been riding rather 

 sharp in the mouth of March. On coming 

 home, he turned the animal into the stable, his 

 groom at the moment being otherwise em- 

 ployed. On the man going to see him, he 

 immediately led the horse to a pond in the 

 yard, to water. Consequently he received a 



