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indicated by very marked symptoms. The horse manifestly suffers 

 much ; his breathing is quick, his pulse bounding, his countenance 

 distressed : he stands with his hind legs much drawn under him, 

 and his body thrown backwards to relieve the fore feet, the heels of 

 which are made to receive his weight as far as possible. If the 

 animal be compelled to move, which is sometimes impossible, the 

 action is singularly awkward and stiff, the heels of the affected feet 

 are placed first on the ground and the toes elevated, and during pro- 

 gression all the muscles of the body appear to be rigid. The feet 

 will be found to be hot to the touch, and if tapjDed with the finger 

 nail even an increase of pain is the result ; the arteries above the 

 coronets will be felt to throb violently, and the horse steadily refuses 

 to allow either of the affected feet to be lifted from the ground. 

 Sometimes the horse lies down, and occasionally struggles and 

 groans like an animal suffering from internal spasm. At the com- 

 mencement remove the shoes, in order to cut out the soles until 

 they yield to pressure readily. If the horse is now found to stand 

 tolerably well without the shoes, they may be left off ; and the feet, 

 after being soaked in warm water, should be covered with warm, not 

 hot, poultices of bran and linseed meal. Constitutional irritation 

 may be combatted by bleeding and laxative medicine, in conjunction 

 with sedatives and opiates to allay pain. Should there be no im- 

 provement in the course of twenty-four hours, the case may be 

 looked upon as hopeless as far as a restoration to soundness is con- 

 cerned. The animal may live and be capable of performing some 

 amount of work, but the feet wdll always be excessively tender, and 

 unless great care is taken in adapting the shoes so as to avoid pre- 

 sure upon the sole, which generally bulges, and sometimes becomes 

 quite convex instead of concave, severe lameness will result. In 

 consequence of the ordinary methods of treatment being as a rule 

 ineffective, expedients that are rather desperate than legitimate have 

 been had recourse to, occasionally with success. Among these frog 

 setons are the least violent, and are said by those who have tried 

 them to produce in some cases most satisfactory results. 



" Subacute and chronic fever in the feet may occur independently 

 of acute inflammation. An acute attack of fever in the feet is, or 

 should be, at once detected ; but subacute or chronic inflammation 

 may not be observed until the structure of the foot has become 

 changed and the action seriously impaired. After the disease has 

 existed for some time the hoofs present a ringed appearance, as 

 though the horny matter were secreted in ridges. These rings en- 

 circle the foot completely, and sometimes extend, at intervals of less 



