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rubbing with liniment is preferable. Two months should 

 be allowed for a complete cure. In cases in which there 

 is a wasting of the muscles of the shoulder with severe 

 lameness, the cause should be sought in the leg or foot, 

 and when the lameness is removed the muscles will 

 resume their normal shape. 



LAMINITIS, OR FOUNDER 



This is inflammation of the sensitive laminae or 

 plates of the foot. It usually affects the front feet, but 

 may occur in all feet in rare cases. This disease is also 

 called "chest founder," as it was once supposed that the 

 apparent wasting of the muscles of the chest brought it 

 on. Inflammation of the feet may not be confined to the 

 sensitive laminae, but may extend to all the sensitive 

 structures inside the hoof. 



Injuries to the feet, either from accidents, or from 

 the concussion of hard and fast driving, long and severe 

 drives, or driving a horse through cold water while 

 warm, may cause inflammation of the feet. Feeding or 

 watering a horse when he is very warm or tired, or a 

 sudden and violent change of food, may also be causes 

 of the trouble. Laminitis frequently occurs in cattle 

 that are on full feed and in oxen or other animals 

 following long drives. 



Inflammation of the feet may be severe and acute, or 

 it may occur in a milder, persistent chronic form, the 

 symptoms varying much with the type of the disease. 



Acute laminitis is usually found in the front feet. 

 There is difficult locomotion, the horse dislikes to bear 



