, OH FOUNDER. 



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" This is to bo given at once. There will be a profuse perspira- 

 tion in from fifteen to twenty minutes. Keep the blankets on 

 about six hours, then remove and put on dry ones. Keep wet 

 swabs on the horse's feet, and stand him on wet clay. All stiffness 

 and soreness in the feet will be removed in from thirty-six to 



FIG. 740. Internal view of Fig. 737, showing the great displacement 



of pedal bone. The dotted lines show the point to which 



the foot should be trimmed. 



seventy-two hours. In the meantime give one of the following 

 powders :" 



3 ounces bicarbonate of potash, 

 6 ounces nitrate of potash, 

 Make into six powders, and give two every eight hours until well. 



Dr. William Shepherd, of 

 Ottawa, Illinois, in an address 

 before the State Veterinary As- 

 sociation, advised treatment as 

 follows :-<- 



" In the treatment of acute lam- 

 initis, as soon as possible after 

 having discovered that the animal 

 has been foundered in the feet, 

 or has acute laminitis, which is the 

 same thing, have the shoes taken 



FIG. 741. Showing the direction of 



the bone-cells as thrown out from 



the podophyllous tissue. 



off, place the feet in a deep tub of warm water in which some hay 

 hag been put to form a soft foundation for the tender feet to rest 



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