254i FOUNDER IN THE FEET. 



coronet, as high as the fetlock-joint, two or three 

 times a day. Bleeding will be found proper in 

 most cases of this kind, and will be attended with 

 considerable advantage in checking the inflamma- 

 tion. If the above method of treatment be at- 

 tended to, it will prove sufficient to prevent the 

 fever settling in his feet. 



Where this disease has been standing a consi- 

 derable time, small lumps, of the size of a large 

 nut or filbertj will appear upon the coronet on 

 each side of the heel : these may be properly called 

 splints of a ringbone, as they in general arise from 

 the same cause. The cure will be best per- 

 formed if treated in the following manner. 



First, clip off the hair, three or four inches 

 broad, all round the coronet ; prick the lumps on 

 each side the heel in the same manner as for bone- 

 spavins ; * and then dress the part with the 

 blistering ointment (No. 135 or 136, p. 177), as 

 there directed. As soon as the blister has done 

 running (if in the winter) he may be turned 

 into a warm straw-yard, and there run till spring. 

 But if the horse undergoes the operation in the 

 spring, he should have a summer's run on some 



* See Chap, xxxvi. p. 173. 



