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not easy every 20 or 30 minutes until the pain is 

 relieved, omitting Hypo- Sulphate Soda after 

 second or third dose, but double or thribble the 

 amount of Laudanum if necessary. As soon as 

 pain is relieved give him 1 pint FJaxseed Oil by 

 drench, and bountiful injections of Castile-soap 

 suds and fresh lard; keeping him in gentle mo- 

 tion between doses, as that will aid in moving 

 the bowels and worry the horse less than his ex- 

 ertion in getting up and down, which he is sure 

 to do while in pain unless kept in motion. All 

 that is necessary after relief of pain and moving 

 bowels is a little rest and good nursing, unless 

 neglected until the mucus coating of the stomach 

 and bowels have become inflamed, which is known 

 by mucus found in discharges from the bowels 

 when too much care cannot be observed in diet 

 and in every possible way. 



OOF BOUND, 



Is a general contraction of the foot which 

 particularly affect the foot at latteral angles of 

 the frog or heel, particularly when the horse has 

 been kept a long time on a dry plank floor in hot 

 dry weather, or cold dry weather, wearing the 

 same shoes until the natural growth of the circle 

 of hoof brings the bearing of the shoe within 

 the rim or shell of the foot. This affection is 

 undoubtedly, more or less, hereditary in certain 

 breeds of horses where the foot is entirely in 

 disproportion to the body ( being small and 

 crampt) while in others it is frequently brought 



