LAMINITIS, INFLAMMATION, &c. 147 



SYMPTOMS The disease generally begins with a 

 shivering, shaking chill ; the flanks heave ; the 

 breathing becomes quick and labored ; the pulse 

 full and frequent ; the horse shifts his feet from one 

 place to another, lies down and rises frequently, but 

 does not paw the ground nor kick his belly ; he will 

 sometimes place his lips on the fevered feet, as if 

 to tell where his pain is ; he places his hind-legs 

 under him, as if to take the weight of his body from 

 the fore-feet ; he moans or groans from the severity 

 of the pain, and at last lies down, unable to stand 

 upon the inflamed feet. The feet are intensely hot 

 and painful. If one foot is taken up, he can scarce- 

 ly stand upon the other and may tumble down. He 

 does not like to get up from the ground, and is 

 moved with difficulty from one place to another. 

 If the disease be not arrested, matter may form in- 

 side the hoof, which is then thrown off. 



The disease may exist in a more chronic form, 

 coming on by degrees, and eventually resulting in 

 the ruin of the horse. 



It is more common to see it in a milder form than 

 the first-mentioned, presenting the following symp- 

 toms : the horse is feverish, out of spirits, refuses to 

 eat, cannot raise his limbs without evincing pain, 

 trails his feet along with difficulty; cannot readily be 

 made to go forward, or backward scarely at all. In 

 the stable, horses bring the four feet near together, 

 and there is no little difficulty in making them re- 

 linquish this attitude. 



