66 LIST OF SPECIFICS AND REMEDIES. 



DISEASES OF THE PEET AND LEGS, 



FOUNDER LAMINITIS, INFLAMMATION OF 

 THE FEET. 



This is one of the most frequent diseases of the 

 horse, and one in which the resources of the Ho- 

 moeopathic art are very efficient. The sensible 

 lamina or fleshy plates on the front and sides of 

 the coffin-bone, are, like all other vascular struc- 

 tures, very liable to inflammation, particularly 

 from violence or long-continued action of the part. 

 Hence, standing long in one position, as in voy- 

 ages ; battering or bruising the feet, in severe or 

 long journeys; sudden changes from heat to cold, 

 or from cold to heat, acting directly on the feet ; 

 standing in snow or cold water after a journey ; 

 are among the more common causes of this 

 diseases. It sometimes occurs as a mere transition 

 of disease trom some other part, and very fre- 

 quently from excess of food, or indigestible food, or 

 food when heated. 



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 shitts his feet from 

 one place to another, lies down and rises fre- 

 quently, 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 



