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existed in the sliape of a damp cold lodging-room. The food 

 should be light, and composed chiefly of vegetable materials, 

 strong animal food being inclined to increase the rheumatic affec- 

 tion. The liniment (43) is very likely to be of service, especially 

 if used after the hot bath, as previously described. It has been 

 asserted, by persons of experience, that a red herring given two 

 or three times a week will cure this disease : I have no personal 

 experience of the merits of this remedy, but, according to Col. 

 Whyte, it has recently been discovered that there is an active 

 principle in the herring that is a complete specific in human 

 rheumatism^ and therefore this apparently inert remedy may 

 really be a very powerful one. At all events it is worth a trial. 

 It is ordered to be given with two drachms of nitre and one of 

 camphor, most dogs readily eating the herring and camphor, 

 and the nitre being added in a little water as a drench. Cod- 

 liver oil is also said to be of great service (5). Iodine with 

 sarsaparilla (3) is a combination which I have known of more 

 service than any internal medicines. 



A dragging of the hind limbs is common enough in the dog, 

 and, though often called palsy, it really is almost always of a 

 rheumatic nature. It exactly resembles cbest-founder in all its 

 symptoms, excepting that the muscles affected are situated in the 

 loins and hips, corresponding with human lumbago in all par- 

 ticulars, excepting that it is far more permanent. The causes and 

 treatment are the same as those of kennel lameness. 



