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seen in (Fig. 40.) If only the fore feet are affected, they 

 will be put well out to the front, and an attempt made 

 to stand on the heels. If the hind feet only are affected 

 they will be carried forward under the abdomen, as seen 

 in the figure. The breathing will be quickened, the 

 frequency of the pulse increased, pain in the feet is 

 often shown by frequently lifting first one foot and then 

 the other ; especially is this true of the hind feet. The 

 bowels are usually constipated. 



Treatment. Give the following cathartic ball imme- 

 diately : barbadoes aloes, 6 drams, ginger, 2 drams, fol- 

 lowed by an ounce of nitrate of potash once a day, 

 either in a ball or dissolved in the drinking water, 

 which should be allowed in liberal quantity. Give in- 

 jections of warm water and soap 3 times a day until 

 purging ensues, allow no food for 36 hours, keep the 

 surface of the body warm with extra clothing. 



The local treatment should be as follows : Kemove 

 the shoes from the affected feet, place the fore feet in a 

 soaking tub filled with warm water and allow them to 

 remain four or five hours, occasionally removing a pail 

 of the cooling water and adding hot water, to keep up 

 a steady heat. Apply poultices of linseed meal, to 

 which has been added a tablespoonful of HEARD'S AMERI- 

 CAN EMBROCATION. This treatment must be kept up until 

 improvement follows, and the hot water baths should 

 be continued till complete recovery. Keep the patient 

 out of the drafts. After about two days give three 

 quarts of oats a day for a week, with two or three 

 pounds of hay, and a few carrots or a small quantity of 

 grass if in season. Half of an ordinary kerosene barrel 

 makes a very cheap and convenient soaking tub. When 

 the acute disease has passed away, a course of DR. 



