194 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



Treatment of Rheumatism in Ilorses and Cattle. 

 — Salicylic acid does not seem to be of much use. 

 If this derangement becomes chronic and the 

 joints remain swollen, blister them with canthar- 

 ides two drams, lard one ounce; rub in well and 

 let it remain on for twenty-four hours, then wash off 

 and grease. Repeat in two weeks and give half- 

 ounce doses of Fowler's solution of arsenic twice 

 a day in a bran mash. I find this is the only rem- 

 edy for chronic rheumatism. 



There is a derangement which I think proper to 

 call rheumatic inflammation of the muscles, espe- 

 cially the muscles of the loins and the hind legs, 

 although the muscles of other parts may be af- 

 fected. I have had a number of cases of this kind 

 and they have all been from the same, cause: expo- 

 sure to cold in cold, damp weather when the animal 

 has been heated. One case was from driving a 

 horse a long distance and then turning it out to 

 pasture late at night, and during the night it 

 rained and became cold and the horse was found 

 on the following morning standing with its feet 

 gathered up underneath it, with back arched, and 

 it was with difficulty the animal could be moved. 

 There was considerable fever and the muscles were 

 sore to the touch. It kept constantly lifting first 

 one hind foot, then the other, and had the appear- 

 ance of a horse that was foundered; the feet were 

 cool and the muscles sore, and if the horse lay 

 down it suffered great pain and would not lie still 

 one moment. If it were founder the feet would 

 be hot and the animal would be comfortable while 



