CHAPTER XIV 



RHEUMATISM, KENNEL LAMENESS OR CHEST 

 FOUNDER 



For generations this troublesome complaint has been 

 well known to masters of hounds, in fact to all kennel- 

 men who have had much experience with dogs; 

 nevertheless, the sands of time have not rendered 

 this affection any less prevalent than heretofore. 



Kennel lameness, as the name implies, is at once 

 suggestive, indicating as it does a form of lameness 

 arising from influences direct or indirectly attribu- 

 table to the kennel. The specific epithet " chest 

 founder " is equally dogmatic in its meaning, point- 

 ing to a " foundered," rigid, or bound condition of 

 the muscles surrounding the chest and breast, more 

 especially the latter. It may be canine phraseology, 

 but the terms are just as useful as rheumatism, 

 though perhaps as convenient when it comes to 

 particularize upon the nature of the malady. 

 Rheumatism assumes both acute and chronic forms, 

 and when it exists in its acute form it has, in addition 

 to the muscular stiffness and pain, an accompanying 

 degree of fever, sometimes of a rather severe type 



The author regards chest founder as a chronic mani- 



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