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be high, salicylate of sodium given three times daily for two or three days in full 
doses proves very effective in reducing the temprature. Alkalies, pot. Dr 
carbonate and nitrate in drinking water. When acute symptoms have abated 
quinine and arsenic should be given internally. Keep the animal in a perfect 
quiet and comfortable loose box. 
Locally —Hot fomentation, or flannels wrung out of hot water or oil, 
applied to parts, and subsequently apply anodyne lotions of opium aconite, 0 
belladonna, which afford much relief. if milder remedies fail, apply stimulat_ 
ing liniments. Firing may be found needful in cases of chronic joint rhew | 
matism. Blisters are of service in subduing the inflammation and the consequent : 
pain and tenderness. | 
Chronie Rheumatism, as a rule, is the outcome of the acute form, or 
may occur as an independent affection. 
Symptoms.—This form may exhibit no signs of fever whatever. The 
inflammation of the joints is of a more persistent character, and more fre 
quently leads to ulceration of the cartilages and destruction of the extremite | 
of bones. In chronic cases the bones in various regions are liable to various 
pathological changes, and distortions of those are often met with. 
Treatment.— When the disease is chronic from the first, the bowels should | 
be kept open by regulation of diet or appropriate remedies; bicarbonate 
potassium and iodide of potassium should be administered, and suitable toni | 
may be given in addition. 
Locally.—Stimulating liniments and blisters are useful. Sometimes gredl | 
benefit may be derived by the application of the firing-iron to the affect 
parts. 
Poultry. 
A NEW BREED OF DUCKS. 
Proresson H. S. Bascock, writing in the Albany Country Gentlemam | 
says :— | 
A new breed of ducks is announced by Mr. T. F. Jager, the secretary of 
the Water Fowl Club of America. This breed he calls the Blue Swedish duck: 
and states that it originated “in the extreme northern part of Europe’ frot 
it is asserted, “a cross of the common German farm duck”—whatever that ma} 
be—‘‘and the Kouen, haying received additional blood from the wild blue teal: 
The latter statement about the blood from the wild blue teal may be classe | 
among the statements which are important if true; but I imagine that it would 
be difficult to establish its truth. Our domestics ducks, except the Muscovy | 
are descendants of the wild Mallard, the Rouen, and its diminutive counter 
the Grey Call, preserving the distinct plumage of the wild original. The othe! 
the Pekin, Aylesbury, Cayuga, White Call, and Indian Runner, as well as the 
common “ puddle ducks” of many farms, have varied in plumage from the? 
first ancestor, but they possess the curled-tail features of the drake, and # 
fertile when crossed with each other. The blue teal is a distinct species, a 
the introduction of its blood into the Swedish would, in all probability, ha” | 
resulted in the sterility of the offspring. Thisis probably an unnecessary attem? 
to account for the colouring of the Swedish duck made by someone unfamu" | 
with the principles of crossing. Mr. Jager does not say that this cross we 
made; he states only that ea a claim has been made concerning the origin ° 
