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to be affected in the loins or shoulders : but founder 

 is nothing more than an inflammation of the very 

 tender and sensible substance within the foot, the 

 vessels of v, hich become so full of blood, that their 

 Own coats and the surrounding nerves become pressed 

 upon, produce intolerable pain, and are incapable 

 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 fast, and for a long time, on 

 a hard road ; riding: in snow, and then suddenly put = 

 ting the horse into a ver^' warm stable ; placing a 

 horse in cold water when he is hot, &c. As soon as 

 the disease is perceived, wlilch it may be by the 

 horse's impatience of standing on the affected legs, 

 immediately draw blood from the neck, and like- 

 wise very freely from the foot, by paring the toe to 

 the quick. The horse should then be treated altoge- 

 ther as directed in fever, and the feet themselves kept 

 constantly in warm water, vi'hich will encourage an 

 oozing of blood from the toe. The sole should be 

 pared thhi, and the hoof rasped all round as thin as is 

 prudent for the support of the foot. This will tend 

 to diminish the pressure on the vessels of the foot, and 

 hence to abate the inflammation. If the horse shews 

 a wish to lay down, let the feet be wrapped in vvet 

 cloths. If the disease, notwithstanding these pre- 

 cautions, proceeds its v/hole length, the horse will be. 

 found to grow lamer and lamer, hardly being able to 

 stand ions: enoudi to feed, and in a few days there 

 will be an apparent oozing between the hair and hoof, 

 and from the cleft of the frog; the sole also will be- 

 come pumiced, and at last the hoofs will drop off al- 



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