40 Horses and Horsemastership. 



swallcAvino- cVc, a good rubbiiio with some stimulatino- 

 liniment, or a mild blister made of two pennyworth of 

 hartshorn and one pennyworth of Enssian tallow, should 

 prove effective. 



If in a few days, or a week at the outside, the patient 

 is not rapidly recovering, or should more serious symp- 

 toms present themselves, professional advice should be 

 sought without delay. 



As the patient throws off the cold his corn and hay 

 may gradually be resumed, and as his strength becomes 

 re-established he mav be steadilv exercised, and so 

 brcuoht back bv deorees to his usual work. 



RHEUMATISM is not of very common occurrence 

 in well-cared horses, but it is none the less a trouble- 

 some disease, and one which is very apt to recur. It is 

 usually the joints which are attacked, but the muscles 

 of the shoulders, loins, and quarters occasionally suffer. 

 The acute form of the disease may be recognised by its 

 peculiar habit of shifting about from one part to another. 

 For instance, it mav appear in one limb, and in a few 

 hours it may have disappeared and be found in another. 

 It frequently attacks its victim quite suddenly when at 

 work, causing severe lameness, so that one would 

 imagine the animal to have received a sprain, or to have 

 picked up a stone. When the joints are affected there 

 is the usual local evidence of inflammation and febrile 



