LAMINITIS, OR FOUNDER. 



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Fig. 762.— Showing the Fool 

 Broken and the Outer, Mar- 

 gin Turned up. The Ef- 

 fect of Founder. 



quick pulse, etc., which will be soon followed by tenderness, con- 

 gestion, and inflammation of the feet. To relieve the pain In the 

 feet he endeavors to throw his weight upon the hind ortes. He ad- 

 vances them in front, resting principally on 

 the heels, when the hind ones are drawn well 

 under him, something like the position shown 

 in Fig. 760. On backing him, he 'backs with 

 evident reluctance; when forced back, he 

 drags one foot after the other, evincing con- 

 siderable pain in doing so. When moved 

 forward, he walks on the heels, his move- 

 ments being slow and difficult. He will often 

 be found lying down, as removing weight 

 from the feet gives relief; and while down, 

 he will usually point with his nose toward 

 the feet. Sometimes the inflammation may 

 be in but one of the fore feet, pr sometimes 

 in the hind feet, which is not common ; and 

 in some isolated cases inflammation may be 

 in all four feet ; but is usually limited to the two fore feet. 



Causes. — Laminitis is very , ■;: ' 



apt to occur from overtasking ^jj^PllltlWWifP^ 

 the feet by pounding them 

 over a hard or rough, frozen 

 road, or leaving the horse 

 standing while heated and ex- 

 hausted, and especially where 

 a current of cold air strikes 

 him ; , indirectly by, prick or 

 binding with nails, or contin- 

 ued injury from a badly ap- 

 plied,, shoe,* or any cause of 

 continued strain or injury to 

 the feet ; driving through a 

 river while warm ; washing 

 the feet while warm and neg- 

 lectingto dry them ; frequently 

 also from overloading the 

 stomach by eating too freely 

 of oats or other grains, as we 

 often see when ahorse gets loose during the night and gets to the 

 oat-bin ; or drinking too freely of cold water when heated and ex- 



Fig. 763.— Showing the Bone Greatly Reduced 



in Size and Broken. The Effects of Severe 



Laminitis, or Founder. 



