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on through some of above causes, or by sympa- 

 thy with other diseases: as shoulder affection, 

 those of the limbs, etc., etc. 



TREATMENT. 



First remove the shoes (if shod) and, if ob- 

 tainable, turn him oat in low wet pasture, or 

 keep him standing in water-tight box filled with 

 water deep enough to cover the coronet, which 

 will promote the growth and consequent spread 

 of the foot, and a general healthy action. If 

 convenient let the horse be tied in some comfort- 

 able place where his feet can be placed in a pool 

 of water an hour or two at a time, two or three 

 times per day, between feeds, in warm weather; 

 poulticing affected feet every night. In cold 

 winter weather I do not think this affection can 

 be so favorably treated in any way as to envel- 

 ope the foot with cushions saturated with the Oil 

 of Turpentine or Organum; resaturating as often 

 as absorbed. Where neither of foregoing are 

 available, use Kerosene. If, in warm weather, 

 however, I think the turning of the horse on low- 

 ground pasture equal, if not preferable, to any of 

 plans of treatment ever yet offered for cure of 

 this affection. 



RHEUMATISM OF THE BREAST, 



The horse presents a tottering, crippling gait; 

 breast more or less sunken between the shoulders 

 and to some extent enlarged, enough to be no- 

 ticed by an ordinary observer. The disease is 



