204 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



If the loins are at all affected, a warm sheep-skin should be 

 laid on ; and this, indeed, is the best application for the shoulders 

 too. If it cannot be procured, a stimulating liniment should be 

 applied instead. 



The following draught should be given every twelve hours : — 



Nitre < 2 drs. 



Tartarised antimony 1 dr. 



Camphor, powdered 1 dr. 



Spirit of nitrous ether 1 oz. 



Warm water 12 oz. 



If the kidneys appear to be affected, the nitre must be 

 omitted. 



As there is great danger of fever In the feet taking place, 

 which may partly arise from the horse standing so constantly in 

 one position, this should be guarded against by removing the 

 shoes, and poulticing the feet. 



The treatment may be continued for several days, modified, 

 however, according to the symptoms. If the lungs appear to be 

 affected, the treatment recommended for its diseases must, in 

 some measure, be resorted to. — Ed.] 



[ Chronic Rheumatism 



Is a disease of similar nature to that before mentioned ; but of 

 less severity, though of greater obstinacy. It affects the muscular 

 and tendinous fibres, the ligaments, the joints, and even the 

 bones themselves. It often flies from part to part, and exists 

 for weeks and months, and sometimes proves Incurable. In 

 the joints it is sometimes attended with swelling, heat, and 

 tenderness ; and, in some cases of rheumatic lameness, there is 

 no swelling or other appearance to Indicate Its situation ; and 

 ■we can only infer that it is rheumatic by its going off after 

 a little exercise, and being sometimes permanently cured by a 

 dose of physic. Whenever lameness occurs, and, after a careful 

 examination and inquiry, no cause can he found for it, and it 

 goes off again after a little exercise, we may conclude that it is 

 rheumatic. 



I have met with cases of rheumatism in which a mild dose of 

 physic has operated with great violence ; so much so, that it was 

 necessary to give some arrow-root gruel to restrain the purging. 



The treatment should consist of bleeding, laxatives, and stimu- 

 lants to the parts affected. Opium may also be given with ad- 

 van tac;e. 



There is a disease, somewhat of the nature of rheumatism, 

 that occasionally attacks the sucking foal, and Is often fatal. It 



