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a safe teacher, and one not easily misunderstood. Hundreds 

 of cases, within the personal knowledge of the author alone, 

 have fully tested the great benefits of this practice. We 

 are satisfied that the desirable results of bleeding depends, 

 not 80 much on the quantity of blood taken, as upon its 

 determinatio;i in another direction. Hence it is quite in 

 the natural order of things that the feet should be relieved 

 by this bleeding. 



The bleeding having been attended to, have prepared a 

 kettle of hot salt and water. Drench him with a quart of 

 this liquid, as hot as he can bear it, and next bathe his feet 

 and legs with it. Rub these well with a rough cloth or 

 brush. Make this application three or four times in the 

 course of an hour, and after this, as soon as the feet have 

 become dry, wet the parts just at the edge of the hair with 

 the corrosive liniment, or, in the absence of this, use tur- 

 pentine. Do not attempt to work the animal until he is 

 entirely well. Feed lightly on bran-mash, boiled oats, cut 

 feed, or a little scalded meal. If pasture is accessible, how- 

 ever, he need have no other food. 'Not only is this the best 

 diet for him, but it is Nature's own medicine; and in fine 

 weather, the cool, moist ground will act as an excellent poul- 

 tice to his feet. In stormy weather, the horse, with this or 

 any other disease, should be kept in a good, dry stable. 



Having happily got the founder under control, you had 

 now better ' set to work to cure his feet entirely, or, in all 

 probability, the disease will return presently in a worse 

 form than before. Hoof rot is what you now have to com- 

 bat, and must be treated directly as prescribed for that 

 complaint. 



For an old-standing or chronic case of founder give {he 

 following: One pound of the flour of sulphur, one-fourth 

 of a pound of cream of tartar, the same of saltpeter, and 

 half a pint of pulverized "jimson" seed. Make six doses 

 of this, and give one of them each day until they are all 

 gone. At the same time, there must be energetic treatment 

 of the feet, u^ing the corrosive liniment as elsewhere directed. 



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