440 BDEUMATISM. 



For further particulars relating to tlie diet, clothing, and 

 housing of the patient, see Section VI., page 108. 



Joint Hvil. — Before concluding the present article, it is 

 necessary to oifer a few directions with respect to the treat- 

 ment of Joint Evil, as it is a form of Eheumatism very destruc- 

 tive to young animals. Sucking foals are exceedingly delicate 

 animals, and when attacked with acute disease, their life powers 

 readily succumb ; so that our treatment is more a question of 

 hygiene than of medicine. 



Teeatment. — The swollen joints should be bathed with 

 the Aconite lotion, prepared as directed above ; after which the 

 joints should be folded with thick layers of cotton wool, and 

 the patient should be kept dry and comfortably warm. 



The remedies best adapted in general, for these cases, are — 

 Aconite, Belladonna, Bryonia, and Colchicum. Use them of 

 the 1st dilution, in doses varying from 20 to 30 drops, mixed 

 with a little water. Each remedy may be given alone, or two 

 of them may be given in alternation. 



Diet. — Small quantities of food should be frequently given 

 to the patient. It should consist of sago and milk, or of equal 

 parts of thin flour gruel, boiled linseed, and milk ; it may be 

 given by means of a sucking bottle. Should the bowels of the 

 patient become constipated, a small quantity of treacle mixed 

 with the diet will sufficiently relax them. 



COMMON OPTHALMIA. 



The eye of the horse is neither so liable to disease nor is it 

 affected with so numerous a class of maladies as the human eye. 



The disease I am about to describe is known by a variety 

 of names ; sometimes it is called Catarrhal Opthalmia ; also, 



