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symptoms, according to the stage of the disease. Fortunately this dis- 

 ease is rarely met with, but it is a fruitful cause of permanent lame- 

 ness. It is many times attributed to some dilliculty in the shouldet. 



Cause. Hard work upon pavements caus ng s'ight inflammation 

 which is neglected and the horse kept at worj^ so tnat the inflammation 

 continues until it ends in ulceration. 



Symptoms are obscure and yet very much like many of the symp- 

 toms of other diseases of the feet and legs or shoulders. It is determined 

 chiefly by an undue amount of heat in the foot and by the fact that no 

 disease can be found elsewhere or of a difierent character. 



Treatment. Raise the foot and pour Kendall's Spavin Cure on to the 

 frog and the back part of the foot and heel, and rub it well up into the 

 hair and repeat this process two or three times a day, for two or three 

 weeks, or more, if necessary. In bad cases, if the lameness does not 

 subside in two or three weeks, we would recommend to blister as 

 recommended for ring-bone, and follow up with the use of Kendall's 

 Spavin Cure. The above treatment has proved to be the most satisfac- 

 tory of any treatment known to us. 



Poultices sometimes relieve the pain. 



FOUNDER. (Laminitis.) This disease is inflammation of the sen- 

 sitive laminse of the foot, of which there are two kinds, acute and 

 chronic, the latter being a continuation of the former. The acute form 

 is invariably cured, if properly treated, but the chronic form is generally 

 considered incurable ; it can be relieved very much but the feet are 

 always afterwards sore and tender in front. 



Causes. Allowing to drink cold water, when overheated and tired 

 from over work, standing in a cold air (or where the wind will strike 

 the horse) while warm, driving through a river while warm, long and 

 hard drives over dry roads &c. 



Symptoms. The horse will stand upon liis heels,- with fore feet and 

 legs stretched out as far as he can get them so as to throw the weight 

 off as much as possible ; and he can scarcely be made to move. The 

 horse has fever and considerable constitutional disturbance, in the 

 acute form of the disease. 



Treatment (of acute founder.) Give the horse a good bedding of 

 straw, in a large, well ventilated stall, so as to encourage him to lie 

 down, which, by removing the weight from the inflamed parts, will re- 

 lieve his suflFerings very much and assist in hastening the cure. As soon 

 as his bed is fixed, give him twenty drops of the tincture of aconite root 

 in a half pint of cold water, poured into his mouth with a bottle 

 having a strong neck, and repeat this dose every four hours until six or 

 eight doses have been given. Also apply a cloth wet in ice-water to the 



