718 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



use an ounce of laudanum. After the soreness begins to disap- 

 pear, clip the hair off and apply the cantharides blister. 



Take Cantharides, powdered, ..... 1 dram. 

 Lard, ......... 6 drams. 



Mix, but do not heat more than just sufficiently to melt the 

 lard ; if it is heated to boiling it will not act. For directions for 

 applying see Blistering. 



Laminitis, Acute. Also known as Inflammation of the 

 Sensitive Laminae and Founder. It is an inflammation of the 

 sensitive laminae, but there are other structures also affected. 



CAUSES. Some feet are predisposed to this disease, but it 

 may be produced in any kind of a foot, and when caused sud- 

 denly in a very good foot, it is more severe than when in a 

 poor foot. Hard work and fast driving are common causes. It 

 is most common in hot weather. Shoeing is said to be a cause, 

 and perhaps it is, in some cases. Food sometimes causes it. A 

 small amount of wheat is often sufficient ; any kind of food, or 

 any thing that will irritate the intestines. Foaling sometimes 

 causes it by the irritation thus caused. It can be readily pro- 

 duced by driving a horse in hot weather until sweating, and 

 then allowing him to stand where the wind will blow on him 

 and cool him too quickly. 



SYMPTOMS. There will be fever and a full, strong pulse, fifty 

 or sixty beats per minute, sometimes seventy, and the entire 

 body may be bedewed with sweat. The animal is stiff and 

 moves with the greatest difficulty, and shows some symptoms 

 of some disease of the internal organs. He usually persists in 

 standing, but sometimes lies down. When forced to back, he 

 throws the weight of the body on his heels, and will even drag 

 the feet. Around the hoof there will be great heat, and the ar- 

 teries near the hoof can be felt pulsating. If only the fore-feet 

 are affected, which is usually the case, he puts the hind-feet 

 forward under the body, to take the weight from the sore feet, 

 and when compelled to move, he goes in a kind of jumping 

 manner, trying to keep the weight on the frogs of the feet. 

 But when all four of the feet are affected, the symptoms will be 

 different; yet he stands with the hind-feet pretty well forward, 



