14G THE HORSE AND ITS DISEASES. 



Cure. — On the first attack of this disease, a ball, 

 composed as follows, will be found of service : — 



Catheicu 2 drachms. 



Opium, powdered 1 ,, 



Alum 2 ,, 



Prepared Chalk 3 , , 



The animal to have thin gruel to drink instead of water ; 

 the legs should be bandaged, and the ball repeated every 

 day ; his diet to be bran mashes, and no exercise. 



CLASS YII. 



RHEUMATISM — HIDE BOUND CHEST FOUNDER — FEVER — DIAR- 

 RHEA — FALLING OF THE FUNDAMENT — FALLING OF PENIS. 



Rheumatism. 



Causes. — Sudden and continued exposure to wet and 

 cold, are invariably the precursors ot this disease. It is 

 most prevalent in horses which are kept in stables, and 

 warmly clothed. 



Symptoms. — As in the human subject, this malady 

 assumes two forms, viz., the acute and chronic. The 

 acute form is characterised by a certain degree of fever, 

 whereas in the chronic type, the fever is absent ; it is a 

 mere local affection, and almost isolated. 



A horse attacked by rheumatism, moves the affected 

 limb "VN'ithout flexion of its joints; the lameness then 

 evidently subsides to a certain degree after exercise, and 

 again after rest, the lameness returns with redoubled 

 energy. 



The above marks constitute the line of demarcation 

 between lameness arising from rheumatism on the one 

 hand, and accidental causes or injuries of a local nature 

 on the other. 



