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mistaken. Great heat about the legs, pasterns, and 

 ears, a soreness in the feet, together with a stiffness 

 so great in all his limbs that the animal frequently 

 refuses to move, unless force is used ; his flanks and 

 lower part of his belly draws up, his hide becomes 

 bound or tight, his legs thrown a little more forward 

 than in his usual or natural position ; a constant thirst, 

 and very often a considerable swelling of the ancles, 

 &c. &c. 



Remedy for a Founder. — So soon as you are con- 

 vinced that your horse is foundered, take from his 

 neck vein at least one gallon of blood ; give a drench 

 of one quart strong sassafras tea, one table spoonful of 

 saltpetre, and a quarter of an ounce of asafoetida, 

 and do not permit him to drink for five or six hours ; at 

 the expiration of which time, should he not be evidently 

 better, repeat the bleeding, taking half a gallon of 

 blood, and give another drench: at night offer him 

 some bran or oats, scalded with sassafras tea, and if it 

 can be procured, let him have green food, fresh from 

 the field, for it has the happy effect of opening the 

 bowels, and cooling the system : his feet should be 

 nicely cleaned out, and stuffed with fresh cow manure: 

 his drink should be at least one half sassafras tea, with 

 a small handful of salt thrown therein. 



By the morning, should the horse be better, nothing 

 further is necessary, only being careful not to over 

 feed him. But should there be no change for the 

 better, tie a small cord just above his knees, and with a 

 lancet or fleam bleed in a vein that runs around the 

 coronet, just above the hoof; take from each [eg a 

 pint of blood: give a pound of salts dissolved in three 

 half pints of water, in form of a drench ; keep his feet 

 stuffed with fresh cow manure, and bathe his legs with 



