ACUTE FOUNDER I3I 



little attention to these will soon point out to the 

 inexperienced where the malady exists. 



After these symptoms have been manifested, the 

 first thing to be done is to examine the foot, when 

 it will be found very hot. Tap gently on the foot 

 with a hammer, and the horse will express pain at 

 the same time. The effects of inflammation in the 

 foot are very rapid, and but a short time will elapse 

 before the horse will be quite unable to get up, unless 

 some means are adopted to check the progress of the 

 complaint. Even when horses have been forced up 

 while thus afflicted, they have been known to fall 

 down immediately, from the intensity of pain which 

 they suffered by resting on their feet. 



Remedies. — If the animal attacked is robust, and 

 the pulse hard and full, blood may be abstracted from 

 the jugular vein. After this large poultices of linseed 

 meal and bran should be applied, so as to cover 

 the entire foot and pastern, and these ought to be 

 frequently renewed, and every three hours have 

 hot water poured over them. The shoe should be 

 removed, and the sole pared as thin as possible. This 

 operation should be done as gently as possible, as 

 in founder the pain experienced from the excessive 

 inflammation is very great. This having been ac- 

 complished, recourse must be had to very mild 

 purgatives. The following may be given in the 

 form of a ball : — 



Barbadoes aloes . » . 4 drachms, 

 Calomel i drachm. 



Inflammation of the foot is always accompanied 

 by intense fever, and there is a danger of the in- 

 flammation shifting from the feet to the bowels or 

 lungs ; as it is no uncommon occurrence for horses 



