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Treatment. — In view of illustrating the treatment, I introduce 



the following case : The animal had been hired of Mr. P , of 



Chicago, by a person who appeared to have but very little respect 

 or compassion for horse-flesh ; for on the return of the animal to 

 the stable, he showed unmistakable evidences of shameful abuse. 

 He was completely jaded, and could scarcely stand on his feet. 

 He received proper care and attention during the night, and next 

 morning I visited him. On making a careful examination, I 

 found most of the above symptoms present. It seemed, however, 

 that his feet were more affected than other parts of the body, and 

 it was impossible to get him to move. I had his feet bathed 

 constantly with cold water, and his joints, back, and sides were 

 rubbed with a liniment composed of equal parts of cod-liver oil 

 and spirits of camphor. The medicine administered was one 

 ounce of powdered niter, night and morning, for three days. The 

 pulse had decreased to thirty-six per minute, and the respirations 

 were more tranquil; so I discontinued the niter, and commenced 

 an alterative plan of treatment, by giving one ounce of fluid ex- 

 tract of stillingia, night and morning, at the same time continuing 

 the local applications until they were no longer needed. One 

 ounce of fluid extract of buchu was occasionally given, in view 

 of exciting the kidneys to action, and this is all the medicine the 

 patient received until convalescence was established, when he was 

 placed under tonic treatment. The tonic used was one ounce and 

 a half of fluid extract of golden seal, daily. The treatment occu- 

 pied a period of two weeks, during which time the animal stood 

 but little on his limbs, seldom rising except to partake of food, 

 which consisted of bran and water, a few oats, and small quan- 

 tities of hay. So soon as the patient had regained some strength, 

 he was led to pasture, where he soon got well. It appears that 

 in the treatment of a disease of this character, light diet, a few 

 simple medicines, and good nursing are all that are indicated. 



Acute Rheumatism, 



(Called "Chest Founder" and "Water Founder. "> 



The faithful servant of man, the horse, does not enjoy im- 

 munity from this distressing disease. The same causes which 

 operate on the system of man to develop a disease of this char- 

 acter are, with unerring certainty, operative on the inferior 

 creature. Rheumatism is mostly confined to the fibrous tex- 



