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on a more liealthy adion, and heal the fore: but, 

 fliould this fail, even ftronger means mufl be ufed; 

 and the bed poflible that I know of will be the 



Strong Paste for Grease [page 24]. This 

 fhould be melted and poured into the pipes, of a pro- 

 per warmth, neither fcaiding, nor cold enough to be- 

 come ftiff. In fome cafes I have found that fyringing 

 the part with the 



Liquid Blister [page 24] has brought on a 

 cure, when every thing elfe has failed. As the laft 

 refource, in the moft defperate cafes, thehorfe ftiould 

 be thrown, when the whole of the finufes mull be 

 laid open, and they may be dreffed with the Strong 

 Pafte for Greafe, in this cafe made fcaiding hot. 



FOUNDER. 

 A foundered horfe is thought by ignorant farriers 

 to be affeded in the loins or fhoulders: but founder 

 is nothing more than an inflammation of the very 

 tender and fenfible fubftance within the foot, the 

 veffels of which become fo full of blood, that their 

 own coats and the furrounding nerves become preffed 

 upon, and produce intolerable pain, and become in- 

 capable of performing their office: hence deformity 

 of the feet in the end takes place. Founder is brought 

 on by any of the means that bring on inflammation 

 of other parts : riding faft, and for a long time, on 

 a hard road; riding in fnow, and then fuddenly put- 



