ON THE FEET. 559 



heels ; that is to fay, cut away the fubftance 

 which nature has placed there, exprefsly for 

 the purpofe of keeping them open. 



Grogginess is that ftiffnefs arifins: from 

 battering of the hoofs on hard ground, or fwell- 

 ing of the legs, and contraftion of the fmews. 

 A horfe bearing all upon his heels in his trot, 

 , is ftyled groggy, and the defe6l is generally 

 incurable ; at lead I have found it fo after ten 

 months trial. Surbating is derived from the 

 Sobatitura of the old Italian writers, and means 

 beating of the foot, which ends in a founder. 

 Sudden accidental furbating, or compreffion 

 by the (hoe, will be remedied by timely liable 

 attention. See that Chapter. 



The Foot-founder is an obfl:ru6lion or 

 condenfation of the humours; and is either acute 

 and from fudden accident, or the confequence 

 of a long feries oF predifpohng caufes, many 

 of which have already been noticed. A fudden 

 foot-founder may be occafioned by fuppreffed 

 perfpiration (fee Vol. I. p. 270) or it may aflb- 

 ciate with the body-founder, or it may arife 

 from (landing conflantly tied up in a narrow 

 Hall. It is generally. in both feet either before 

 or behind, fometimes in all four. There is 

 great inflammation in the parts, -and fwellings 

 of the veins in the legs ; and ih the acute foun- 

 der a fymptomatic fever attends. The acute 

 and chronic have been formerly, and by no 



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