416 ACUTE LAMINITIS. 



many others besides myself have put the "new method" to the test. 

 I shall therefore submit his paper, entire, to my readers in the trans- 

 lated form in which I find it in THE VETERINARIAN*. 



Professor De Nanzio's "New Method of Cure" is, in 

 that volume, introduced to our notice and described as follows : — 



" Inflammation of the laminae is a disease very common among 

 Neapolitan horses. It is inflammation of the reticular tissue of 

 the foot, called by Professor Vatel j^odophyllite. 



*' In this disease it is absolutely necessary to procure resolution, 

 because the other terminations are more or less destructive of the 

 future health and utility of the foot. The reticular tissue is here 

 engorged, and has a tendency still more to dilate — phenomena 

 which are observable in every vascular inflammation, when there 

 is augmentation of the volume of the part. 



" The reticular tissue of the foot, finding itself compressed be- 

 tween the crust and the bone of the foot, can be dilated only to- 

 wards the coronet, or more frequently towards the sole. In these 

 parts we observe suppurations, infiltrations, &c., which often 

 compel us to abandon the treatment of the disease, and to destroy 

 the animal. 



" In this inflammation, cold baths, bleeding, and all other known 

 means of cure, usually fail in producing resolution. 



" Having constantly observed that horses affected with this ma- 

 lady are, to a certain degree, relieved every time they are shod, 

 and do better when they are made to stand on hard pavement, and 

 without straw, than when they are treated in an opposite way, I 

 was led to make use of very strong compression of the hoof. As 

 soon as a horse is attacked with this disease, I put on him a flat- 

 soled shoe, fastened Avith four or five nails. Before fixing this 

 plate, in order that the pressure may bear on the whole of the 

 surface, I cause every part of the space between it and the sole to 

 be perfectly filled with pledgets of tow dipped in equal parts of 

 vinegar and water. 



" The plate, which is bent upwards posteriorly, has two holes in 

 the curved portion, which serve for the attachment of a band that 



* Vol. X, at page 68-9 of the Proceedings of the Veterinary Medical 

 Association. 



