TREATMENT OF FOUNDER. - 65 



TREATMENT OF FOUNDER. 



As soon as it is ascertained that the horse is 

 foundered, take from the neck vein from 1 to 2 

 gallons of blood; then give 1 ounce of pulverized 

 alum, mixed with damp oats; place the horse 

 in a dry stall, ground floor is best, wrap the legs 

 U]3 as high as the knees and hock joints, with 

 WQj(j(Jlen cloths, saturate them with cold v/ater 



fe^ven or eight hours; give him no food for 

 ty-four hours, and then let it be a light 

 feed of oats and bran mash mixed. In two or 

 three days turn him ou1*for exercise. If the 

 ankles continue feverish, bathe them at night 

 with equal parts of vinegar, alcohol and sweet 

 oil. 



FOP. URINE BOUND. 



Take dandeline leaves, make a strong decoc- 

 tion andf drench freely. A decoction made of 

 water-melon seeds will answer the same pur- 

 pose. Whiskey will generally accom'plish the 

 object. 



