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as may be. Primary symptoms of impaction 

 and inflammation of the bowels are much the 

 same as those of colic. However, if the services 

 of a practitioner are not immediately available 

 the following remedy may be administered in 

 any case of colic pending his arrival : 



Turpentine one ounce, canabis indica one-half 

 ounce, alcohol four ounces, water one pint. 

 Shake well and give as one dose. A bottle con- 

 taining this mixture may with profit be kept in 

 every stable from which the residence of a vet- 

 erinarian is far removed. 



Founder (laminitis) has many causes, but a 

 primary essential is a deranged condition of 

 the digestive organs. The blood stagnates in 

 the very tender structures of the front feet and 

 sets up acute inflammation. As the structures 

 affected are confined within the horny box of the 

 hoof, intense pain is caused. There is not much 

 use for any layman to bother with a newly 

 foundered horse. Invoke professional advice, 

 but first get the horse down off his feet and into 

 some sort of a comfortable recumbent position. 

 Time and again I have seen men who should 

 have known better force foundered horses to 

 stand up, when every ounce of pressure on the 

 feet meant untold agony and comparative com- 

 fort ensued when the animals were forced to lie 

 down. Usually under prompt and skillful treat- 

 ment the horse may be relieved in a compara- 

 tively short time, but in cases that are neglected 



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