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ing, with loss of appetite, weakness, and jvasting of fleshy 

 it will be necessary to take a moderate quantity of blood. 

 The next day give six quarts of scalded bran, and at 

 night 'the following: 1 oz. powdered aniseseed, 1 oz. 

 liquorice, 1 dram calomel ; work them into a ball with 

 stale bread. The horse should not be worked for two 

 days, and should be kept from drinking very cold water. 

 It is well, at the end of two days, to give the following 

 dose : -J oz. powdered ginger, 1 oz, aloes, 1 oz. castile 

 soap ; put them into a mortar, and make them into a ball 

 with wheat or rye bran. One hour after giving the 

 above, give 3 quarts of warm water, and walk him mod- 

 erately for an hour or two. 



Other Remedies. — Give J lb. Epsom salts, and on the 

 following day take the small boughs of the cedar, cut 

 fine and mixed with meal or wet oats. Or, take 2 oz. 

 sulphur, mix with human urine, and give with his food. 

 Or, take a handful of arsesmart, chopped fine, with hay 

 or grain. Or, boil 1 qt. flaxseed half and hour, and ^-^ve 

 with meal mixed with bran. 



FOUNDER 



Is an inflammation of the foot, and is occasioned by 

 over exertion, great heat (especially when followfcd by 

 drinking freely of cold water), or overloading the stom- 

 ach with heavy grain. Horses are oftener hurt in ihe 

 feet than anywhere else. The utmost care should be 

 taken, while travelling, to let them drink but little at a 

 time, and never to feed with unripe grain (especially 

 corn). When a horse is foundered, he will show it by 

 great pain and fever in the feet, and extreme lameness 

 If the attack is very severe, it will be necessary at once 

 lo bleed freely from the foot, remove the shoes, and pare 

 the hoofs ; after which, place the feet in warm water, or 

 apply flannel wet in warm water, for one hour; then ap- 

 ply poultices for tv/o or three hours. He ought not to be 

 worked for three days. If the attack is slight, moderate 

 bleeding will relieve him. After a horse has once been 

 foundered he is more liable to be injured again in the 

 same manner. 



