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patient does not lie down ; and if the lamina? of the fore feet 

 are inflamed, the hind limbs are brought forward, and placed 

 well under the belly ; the fore feet are frequently shifted ; the 

 knees are maintained in a semiflexed position ; while the little 

 weight which they are obliged to sustain is sought to be thrown 

 either on the outer sides of the feet, or the points of the 

 toes. The hoofs are of an unnatural heat ; the limbs swell from 

 the knees to the coronets ; the arteries of the limbs affected 

 throb with more or less violence, according to the violence of 

 the disease ; and if the feet be smartly tapped with a hammer, 

 the patient either will suddenly drop to the ground, or emit a 

 low groan. Sometimes the nose is brought down close to the 

 feet, and these organs are regarded with a countenance which 

 manifests a painful anxiety. 



In the more severe forms of the disease, the animal per- 

 spires profusely ; drops of clear water chase each other rapidly 

 down the hairs of the mane and tail ; the eyes are wild, hag- 

 gard, and blood-shot ; the bowels are constipated, and the 

 secretion of urine suppressed. 



PATHOGNOMOific Stmptoms. — The Pathognomonic Symp- 

 toms are — throbbing of tlie arteries of the limls affected, 

 associated with unnatural heat, and excessive tenderness of 

 the feet. 



Terminations of liAMiNiTis. — The terminations of Acute 

 Laminitis require to be noted. The disease may terminate in 

 several modes. 1st — In resolution : that is, in a return of the 

 feet to their normal state. This result, however, is not com- 

 mon. 2nd — In the hoofs being sloughed away, and in the 

 death of the patient. 3rd — In the soles of the feet descending. 



