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CASES OF RHEUMATISM. 
The remarks on shoeing have also interested me much, though 
I cannot agree entirely with the system. I think that, provided 
the shoe fits the foot and the rim be not too narrow, its being 
concave with the sole is of no consequence. My directions to 
farriers are, leave the frog in such a state as that, when the shoe 
is nailed on, a rule laid across the heels or quarters shall not 
touch it. The shoe may be laid on the foot at a dull heat, and 
the less the toe-knife is used the better. Six or seven nails, 
according to the size of the foot. 
I cannot understand why a new shoe is to be made turned up 
at the toe, the same shape as a worn-out one. The old shoe 
has become rounded from the greater wear at that part, conse¬ 
quent on its being the point of resistance. By rounding the 
shoe we lessen the degree of resistance, which tells more par¬ 
ticularly in draught; this, at least, is the view 1 take of it. 
Very truly your’s. 
CASES OF RHEUMATISM, WITH REMARKS. 
By Isaac Seaman. 
To the Editor of u The Veterinarian 
Sir,—Be kind enough to insert the inclosed in your valuable 
publication: by so doing you will much oblige 
Your obedient servant, 
Isaac Seaman. 
Saffron Walden, May 12th, 1852. 
Attacks of rheumatism in the horse are of frequent oc¬ 
currence, from the fact of this animal being often called upon to 
perform laborious exercise, producing excessive heat of the 
body, in which state he is exposed to cold and moisture. 
Under these circumstances the animal becomes affected with 
rheumatism. The parts that seem most generally attacked are, 
the muscles of the neck, parietes of the thorax, lumbar region 
and joints of the extremities; to which respectively are applied 
by farriers, I believe, the terms chine felon, chest founder, 
joint felon, &c. When it comes on suddenly, swelling and 
tenderness are more or less apparent. In some cases the pain 
must be very acute, the affected limb trembles, and drops of 
perspiration run down the hair; and this seems to be increased 
by the action of the affected muscles. It is liable to sudden 
metastasis to muscles of a different region, or to the joints, and 
causes at times much systematic disturbance. Sometimes it 
