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Barbadoes aloes 1 ounce. 



Nitrate of potash 4 drams. 



Tincture aconite 20 drops. 



Ginger 2 drams. 



Water 1 pint. 



Mix, and give as a drench. 



Give 15 drops of tincture of aconite in a little water every four 

 hours until four doses are given. Also give 2 drams of nitrate 

 of potash every four hours for three days. Give bran mashes, 

 etc., to eat. Applications to the feet are very necessary. If the 

 horse can stand, put him in a running stream, or in a hole dug- 

 out of a stall, or in a cqrner of the lot having about four inches 

 of clean water in it. Let him remain in the water two or three 

 hours twice a day. After removing from water apply our Lini- 

 ment well rubbed in, which is very necessary to draw out the 

 soreness. Wet clay is very good to stand a horse in. In the win- 

 ter warm poultices of bran and linseed can be tied on the feel 

 with a piece of sack; or the horse may be stood in a tub of warm 

 water. If the disease is brought on by too much physic or from 

 diarrhoea, give the same treatment prescribed above with the ex- 

 ception of the physic. Don't give any physic in those cases. Al- 

 ways remove the shoes, and in some cases pare down the feet. 

 Give walking exercise about the third day, and increase every 

 day, on soft ground, as exercise is beneficial. Have a pair of wide 

 web concave shoes tacked on loosely so as to protect the bot- 

 toms of the feet. If, after you have carried out the above 

 treatment for ten days or two weeks, and there is still lameness, 

 then don't put the horse in the water any jnore, but apply our 

 Spavin Cure (see Appendix) well around the feet in the hair 

 above the hoofs. This will draw out the remaining soreness and 

 limber the horse up all right. If the above treatment is prop- 

 erly carried out, nine out of every ten cases of founder can be 

 cured sound and well. 



