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T. D. HINEBAUCH. 
ft H y d rag. Iod. Rub. (Red Precipitate), 3 ij 
Powd. Cantharides, 3 ij 
Vaseline, Cosmoline or Lard, §jv 
M. Sig. Rub well into the skin after clipping the hair. 
When a blister of this nature is applied, the best results 
are obtained by letting it alone. It is a mistaken notion that 
a blister should be washed off and the parts greased or oiled. 
If let alone until it sheds of its own accord, all possible 
chances of a scar will be avoided. The precaution to be ob¬ 
served when blistering a part, is to keep the animal from bit¬ 
ing, scratching or rubbing the place. 
Other complications of influenza are pneumonic and pleu¬ 
ritic, but not differing essentially from those diseases when 
they are of an independent origin, hence they will not be con¬ 
sidered in this connection. 
There is a complication, however, to which we wish to di¬ 
rect special attention, namely the rheumatic. It is often the 
source of great inconvenience to the animal, producing a pe- 
peculiar lameness. It consists in an inflammation of the 
fibrous structures of joints, tendons, ligaments, the covering 
of the muscles, or of the heart, and is usually accompanied 
by more or less fever, stiffness and lameness. The lameness 
of rheumatism is of a peculiar nature, disappearing from one 
part of the body to reappear in another, without any appreci¬ 
able cause, and may or may not be accompanied by swellings. 
If the parts are swollen they are usually hard and tense. 
This affection is usually the result of allowing animals to 
stand in a damp or cold stable while suffering from an attack 
of influenza. Rheumatism may also exist as an independent 
affection. 
Symptoms. —There will be sudden lameness in one or more 
joints, with or without swelling of some particular joint, such 
as the stifle, fetlock or neck, or the muscles of the sides of the 
chest. The lameness often disappears from one joint and re¬ 
appears in another, and is often accompanied by a crackling 
sound. Very often the lameness is symmetrical, due to inflam¬ 
mation of the same joint in both legs, for example, two knees, 
two hocks, two fetlocks, two stifles, etc. More or less fever, 
