Rheumatism] 2 7° [Rhetimatism 



two to fifteen grains 1 of salicylate of soda three 

 times a day in water after food. If joint very 

 painful, use following lotion : — 



Recipe : 



Tr. Opium, - ... 4 drachms. 

 Water to 6 ounces. 



Soak a strip of lint in the lotion, which wind 

 round the joint ; cover entirely over with oil- 

 silk and bandage ; change every six hours. 

 When the inflammation and pain is less, cut the 

 hair closely off over the joint, and paint with 

 strong tincture of iodine, which repeat once 

 in twenty - four hours. The iodine must not 

 be applied to flexure side of joint. 



When the joint remains enlarged and stiff 

 for some time, a course of iodide of potassium, 

 say from a quarter x to two grains, may be given 

 three times a day in a little water after food. 



Rheumatism : 



Symptoms : This disease may affect almost any 

 part of dog, and also dogs of all ages, though 

 old ones are no doubt more liable to it. When it 

 attacks the muscles of the neck, it often assumes a 

 spasmodic form, and the pain is sometimes very 

 acute ; the dog is unable to move his head in any 

 direction, the muscles, from contraction, appear 

 swollen, are very tender to the touch, and the 

 dog cries with the pain. The attack generally 

 lasts some hours, then it gradually subsides, and 

 the do£ seems all riorht for a while, when it 

 may come on again. Then, rheumatism often 

 affects the shoulders, and when it does, it is 

 1 According to the size of the dog. See p. 86. 



