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day for the following : pretty large dose of Fowler's solution 

 of arsenic, in a pail of water will do good service. 



The limbs when hot and tender, must be fomented with 

 warm water, and no discharge from the ulcers allowed to re- 

 main on the sound parts. In fine weather, a few hours lib- 

 erty in an open field (away from other beasts) will expedite 

 recovery. 



RHEUMATISM. 



Cause. — This fugative disease generally depends on some 

 vice of development and nutrition, which perverts the general 

 state of the organs and functions. As a result of this state 

 of things, there is an accumulation of various excremen- 

 titious matters in the blood, such as lactic acid, fibrine in 

 excess, &c. It very rarely arises as a primary and independ- 

 ent disease, but usually follows or accompanies influenza, 

 and other disorders. 



It is not a local but a constitutional derangement, and con- 

 stantly changes from one part of the body to another, and 

 leaves the structures once affected very prone to subsequent 

 attacks. 



Rheumatism consists in a specific inflammation of certain 

 tissues ; it exhibits its own plan of morbid process ; it de- 

 pends upon the peculiar causes already mentioned; it is 

 diffusible from one part of the body to another; and it is 

 lastly self limited, the morbid process dying out after a cer- 

 tain time. 



The tissues chiefly attacked are the coverings of muscles, 

 tendons, and ligaments, the fibro-serous textures of joints, 

 the valves of the heart, and, lastly, the structures of the 

 larger blood vessels. This disease is decidedly hereditary, 

 and may be excited and developed by various causes. 



Symptoms. — Rheumatism is generally ushered in by 

 acute febrile symptoms, with a full, firm, and unyielding 

 pulse, the respiration and temperature are moderately in- 

 creased, while the pain the creature suffers is most intense. 



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