128 ORANGE COUNTY 



Treatment.— Youatt says, bleeding is indispensable. 

 If the disease is confined to the fore feet, four quarts 

 of blood should be taken as soon as possible from the 

 toe of each, care being taken to open the artery as 

 well as the vein. The feet may likewise be put into 

 warm water, to quicken the flow of the blood and 

 increase the quantity abstracted. Poultices of linseed 

 meal, made very soft, should cover the whole of the 

 foot and pastern, and be frequently renewed. The 

 shoe should be removed, the sole pared as thin as 

 possible, and the crust, and particularly the quartei's, 

 well rasped. This must be done gently, and with a 

 great deal of patience. Sedative and cooling medi- 

 cines should be diligently administered, consisting of 

 digitalis, nitre, and emetic tartar. About the third 

 day a blister may be tried, taking in the whole of the 

 pastern and the coronet, and washed off the following 

 day, and repeated several times. The horse should be 

 kept on mash diet, unless green meat can be procured, 

 and that should not be given too liberally. Linseed 

 tea, and water acidulated with cream of tartar, form 



