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RHEUMATIC LAMENESS. 
12th March, for a relapse of her pulmonary disease, and went out, 
convalescent, on the 25th of the same month. On the 14th April 
she came under treatment for lameness in the off leg, looking like 
an attack of rheumatic inflammation in the fetlock joint, which 
was in three days afterwards removed, and she went out again. 
On the 15th July she fell lame in the near hind leg, apparently 
from a similar cause, and was again cured on the 21st July. She, 
however, had a relapse in the same joint on the 26th proximo, 
but which was removed by the 29th. Again, on the 16th August, 
she was attacked with lameness in the off hind leg, evidently attri- 
butable to inflammation of the fetlock joint, in my opinion, of a 
rheumatic character, for which she continues at this time (the 21st 
August) under treatment, though so much better as to afford every 
prospect of her leaving the infirmary stable at the expiration of a 
few days hence. 
C 24, troop mare, six years old, was attacked with the same 
(epidemic) disease on the 26th April, and left the veterinary 
surgeon’s list May 28th, 1845. On the 3d June she fell lame in 
the near hind leg, and was cured 28th June. Again she fell lame 
on the 5th August ; but now in the off hind leg, the fetlock joints, 
on both occasions, evidently being the seat of her complaint. She 
is also (at the time this is being written) still under treatment. 
The following case, kindly furnished me by Mr. A. Cherry, will 
throw more light still upon this uninvestigated though highly in- 
teresting subject : — 
“ In the autumn of 1841, I was requested to see a chestnut 
gelding, five years old, belonging to a gentleman-farmer, who, two 
days before, had ridden the horse to a fair, a distance of twenty-five 
miles, and, after standing about, had ridden him home at night in a 
drizzling rain. It appeared that the horse had had a cold for a few 
days before this, but which was not considered sufficiently severe 
to prevent his being ridden as before stated. When I saw the 
horse he was evidently labouring under an attack of rheumatic 
fever. The general affection yielded to mild antiphlogistic treat- 
ment ; but in the off hind limb the disease seemed to become 
aggravated, and was evidently seated in the hock joint, indicated 
by the increased heat as well as by the manner of progression. 
The near limb was also similarly affected, but in a considerably 
less degree. I should have observed, that from the commence- 
ment these limbs shewed symptoms of being affected. In the 
course of a few days the disease in the off hock decreased, but 
became aggravated in the near; the symptoms now being, tu- 
mefaction, principally on the inner side, heat, tenderness on pres- 
sure, and diminished mobility of the joints. By degrees, the 
hind limbs, which had originally been rather straight than other- 
