LAMINITIS, OR FOUNDBE. 



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" This is to be given at once. There will be a profuse perspira- 

 tion in from tifteen to twenty minutes. Keep the blankets on 

 about six hours, then remove and put on dry ones. Keep wet 

 swabs on the horse's feet, and stand him on wet clay. All stiffness 

 and soreness in the feet will be removed in from thirty-six to 



Fig. 740. — Internal view of Fig. 737, showing the great displacement 



of pedal bone. The dotted lines show the point to which 



the foot should he trimmed. 



seventy-two hours. In the meantime give one of the following 

 powders :" — 



3 ounces bicarbonatt; of polasli, 

 6 ounces nitrate of potash. 

 Make into six [n)\vders, and give two every eiglit hours until well. 



Dr. William Shepherd, of 

 Ottawa, Illinois, in an address 

 before the State Veterinaiy As- 

 sociation, advised treatment as 

 follows : — 



" In the treatment of acute 1am- 

 initis, as soon as possible after 

 having discovered that the animal 

 has been foundered in the feet, 

 or has acute laminitis, which is the 

 same thing, have the shoes taken 

 off, place the feet in a deep tub of warm water in which some ha}^ 

 ImB been put to form a soft foundation for the tender feet to rest 



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Fig. 741. — Showing the direction of 

 the bone-cells as thrown out from 

 the podophyllous tissue. 



