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Treatment.— In view of illustrating the treatment, I introduce 
Me following case: The animal had been hired of Mr. P , of 
Chicago, by a person who appeared to have tut 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, aud 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 must 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 FounDen.”” 
The faithful servant of man, the horse, does not enjoy im- 
munity from this distressing disease. The same causes whict 
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- 
