LAMINITIS, OE FOUNJDEE. 



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ball, not enough to physic severely, but to open the bowels freely, 

 which, as explained definitely under the head of "Physicing," for 

 an average sized horse 

 should be from 4 to 7 

 drachms aloes, 1 dr. 

 ginger, barsoap enough 

 to make a mass, and 

 made into a ball. Af- 

 ter the fore shoes have 

 been removed, poultice 

 the feet thoroughly with 

 bran and cold water as 

 follows : Fill two 

 small baws, sufficientlv 

 large to hold three or 

 four quarts, -vyth bran, 

 put a foot into each, 

 and tie loosely around 

 the top with a string. 



Fig. 737. — Front view of the pedal-bone in a 



healthy condition. See the great 



contrast with Fig. 740. 



Keep wet either by 

 pouring on water, or 

 by putting each poul- 

 ticed foot into a bucket 

 of water. This man- 

 ner of poulticing 

 should be kept up for 

 four or five days, when 

 the shoes m ay be tacked 

 on and the horse exer- 

 cised a little. Cloths 

 wet with cold water 

 f;hould be tied around 

 the coronet, and the 

 soles stuffed with flax- 



-Posterior view of a liealthy pedal-bone. , , ,, 



seed meal, or any other 

 means of keeping the feet wet for a week or two can be used. 



The horse should have tepid water to drink, and warm bran 

 mashes during the operation of the medicine. If the disease is 



Fui. 73S.- 



