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ruined state of these parts. Chronic 

 rheumatism is more apt to localize itself 

 than the acute kind, and once located it 

 is not so easily removed although the 

 animal may receive benefit from the ordi- 

 nary means, such as warm clothing, and 

 stimulating embrocations, yet, when ex- 

 posed to wet or cold he again relapses 

 into his former condition, travelling stiff, 

 and lame as ever. The stiffness, and 

 lameness if there be any, attending chronic 

 rheumatism, disappears to a certain extent 

 after a brisk trot, whereas, acute rheuma- 

 tism is generally aggravated by exercise. 



Chronic rheumatism may, however, ap- 

 pear in one spot to-day, and to-morrow* 

 manifest itself in another, yet the affected 

 parts exhibit none of the heat nor tender- 

 ness, difficult respiration, wirey pulse, nor 

 functional disturbance which attends the 

 acute stage., so that the difference between 

 the acute and chronic conditions of this 

 affection is very marked. 



Treatment of Chronic Rheumatism. 

 Local Treatment, consists in the applica- 

 tion of vapor, warm blankets and leggings, 

 and stimulating liniments, the patient to 

 be located in a warm, yet, ventilated sta- 

 ble. 



The following is probably one of the 

 best local applications: — 



Sulphuric aether, - 2 ounces. 

 Oil of cedar, - 1 ounce- 

 Camphor. 1 ounce. 

 Proof spirit, - 1 pint. 

 Soft soap, - 1 gill. 



Dissolve the oil of cedar, in the sulphu- 

 ric aether ; then dissolve the camphor first 

 and soap afterwards, in the proof spirit, 

 and mix. 



Apply a portion of the above to the af- 

 fected parts, night and morning, so long 

 as the case seems to require it. 



Constitutional Treatment. -The con- 

 stitutional remedies, are various, those en- 

 titled to our greatest confidence are 



First — Medicines which act upon the 

 cutaneous vessels. 



Secondly — Medicines recognised aspure 

 tonics, which impart tone and activity to 

 organs without inducing subsequent pros- 

 tration. 



Thirdly — Medicines known as general 

 stimulants that excite without depression. 



As an example of the above we give 

 the following formulae : 



Thayer's fluid extract of Black Cohosh, 



diaphoretic, 2 ounces. 



" " " gentian, pure 



tonic, ... 2 ounces. 



" f " Jamaica gin- 



ger stimulant, ... 1 ounce. 

 Syrup of garlic, antipasmodic, - 4 ounces. 



Mix. 



One fourth of this mixture may be giv- 

 en night and morning in the form of 

 drench- 

 Other medicines are in high repute such, 

 for example, as hydriadate of potassa, ni- 

 trate of potassa, phosphate of ammonia, 

 camphor, aconite, capsicum, &c, 8tc. 



Those of our patrons who cannot avail 

 themselves of the services of a regular ve- 

 terinary surgeon, and having a horse labo- 

 ring under the symptoms of chronic rheu- 

 matism, may, without injury to the ani- 

 mal, use the preceding prescriptions, if 

 they fail to cure the subject, the case is, 

 probably, incurable. Such will not injure 

 the patient, and this is more than we can 

 certify to, as regards the popular barn-yard 

 prescriptions. 



NEGRO 'ABSORPTION. 



It is frequently charged against the 

 South that mulattoism is prevalent there 

 to a fearful extent. Indeed, the Tribune 

 has had the ignorance and audacity to de- 

 clare that the time will probably come 

 when all will be white. The following, 

 from the Concord Patriot, will, however, 

 make them scratch their heads: — 



The census of 1850 shows that while 

 more than one-fourth of the colored peo- 

 ple of the North are mulattoes, only one- 

 thirteenth of the slave population are mu- 

 lattoes ! Among the 3,204,313 slaves, 

 246,656 were mulattoes, or had more or 

 less white blood ; while of the 195,000 

 eolored people of the free states, over 56,- 

 500 are mulattoes! In Ohio, more than 

 half of the colored population are mulat- 

 toes, or over 14,000 out of 25,000. In 

 Indiana, about 90 per cent are mulattoes ; 

 in Wisconsin and Iowa, over 86 per cent ; 

 in Illinois, over 85 per cent; in Michigan 

 76 per cent; in N. Hampshire 54 per 

 cent; in Maine 51 percent; in Pennsyl- 

 vania and Vermont 40 per cent; in Mas- 

 sachusetts 34 per cent; in Connecticut 

 30 per cent; in New York 19 per cent; 

 and in N. Jersey 18 percent; while in 

 only one slave State do the molattoes form 

 16 per cent of the whole number of slaves, 



