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beneficial. Grad is not of the same opinion. lie claims that the 
relief is then uncertain and only temporary. Jessen, Tiering, 
&c., say that this operation is followed very often by the slough¬ 
ing of the hoof, and the animals stumble very easily. According 
to Brauell this operation is followed by a greater growth of the 
hoof. If the lameness is reduced after the operation the deform¬ 
ity of the foot continues to increase. 
(To be continued.) 
ACUTE ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM, COMPLICATED WITH 
SWELLING OF THE GLOTTIS. 
By W. F. Dekr, V. S. 
As the case appears to me an uncommon one, I have ventured 
to Gy it before the readers of the Veterinary Review. 
On July 10 th I was asked to see a brown mare, eight years 
old, by Dr. Warren of this city. The mare had been out to pas¬ 
ture, and had been brought in on account of not being well. 
When I saw the mare standing in her stable, breathing with a 
loud and roaring noise, I thought it at first a case of strangles. 
Pulse, 83; temperature, 104£; nasal membranes injected; dis¬ 
charge of frothy Saliva from the mouth ; hue could detect no swi ll¬ 
ing around the throat or glands. Pressure on the larynx, however, 
produced cough readily. I had her led out of the stall to make 
a more close examination, but could find no tenderness of the 
limbs at any joint. I told the doctor that I would withhold my 
diagnosis until morning, as I was at that time treating some cases 
of influenza, complicated with rheumatism. 
Treatment: nitrate of potash in her drinking water, stimu¬ 
lating embrocation to the throat, with comfortable clothing. 
11 tli.—The throat better, but the left stifle joint so swollen 
that she will not bear any weight on it or bear to have it touched. 
Pulse, 88 ; temperature, 105 ; respiration, 40. Refuses all food. 
The least movement would excite her very much. 
Diagnosis : Acute articular rheumatism. 
Treatment: Sodium salycilate 3 iih in aqua, 3 x, every four 
hours, hot fomentations to the stifle, and also administered a dose 
