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Should the above ball not succeed, try the following 

 drink, which, in some cases, is even more effective : — 



Iodide of potassium one drachm. 



Sulpliurie ether one ounce. 



Cream of tartar four drachms. 



Give night and morning in a pint of gruel. 



Chronic rheumatism may be the sequel of the acute ; in some 

 cases it appears as the immediate consequence of exposure to 

 cutting winds, humid atmosphere, &c. ; and is betokened by 

 stiffness and tenderness of the parts it attacks. When the 

 extremities suffer, it is not unusual to observe some tume- 

 faction, but always great disinclination to move. It occa- 

 sionally visits the loins, but is most common in the fore 

 quarters. Sometimes one fore extremity and occasionally 

 both are affected : when sudden, metastasis will often re- 

 move it to the other parts ; which cases were well charac- 

 terized by the old term of flying lamenesses. 



The treatment of chronic rheumatism does not materially 

 differ from that recommended to be followed in cases of the 

 acute description, excepting that strychnia, in doses of a 

 grain, gradually increased to three grains, has occasionally 

 been attended with benefit. 



RHEUMATISM IN CATTLE. 



This disease is even more common among cattle than 

 among horses. It is often observed by the graziers and 

 breeders, who call it a chill. If it affects the extremities, 

 there is heat, tenderness, and enlargement ; when the loins 

 are the seat, the whole vertebral column is stiffened. En- 

 cysted tumours are apt to appear between the gastrocne- 

 mii tendons and the tarsus when general inflammation 

 passes into a chronic form. The causes are attributed to 

 the variable state of the atmosphere, and to the low and ill- 

 ventilated stables in which stall-fed cattle are immured. 

 The treatment is, restricted diet, and the soap liniment, as be- 

 fore directed, only further strengthened by the addition of four 

 ounces of the tincture of cantharides, and the like amount 

 of the tincture of capsicums. The encysted tumours are 

 to be freely opened, and afterwards to be dressed with the 



