LA MI NIT IS, OR FOUNDER. 



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Fig. 766. — A Section of Hoof Showing the Sole Bent and 

 Bulged Downward. The Effect of Founder. 



to the size and condition of the horse ; that is, if the horse is large 

 and fat, and consequently full of blood, and the attack severe, theri 



the larger quan- 

 tity mentioned 

 may be" taken. 

 Afterward give 

 a purgative ball, 

 not enough to 

 physic severely, 

 but to open the 

 bowels freely, 

 which, as ex- 

 plained definite- 

 ly under the 

 head of " Physic- 

 ing," for an av- 

 erage-sized horse should be from 4 to 7 drachms aloes, 1 drachm 

 ginger, bar soap enough to . make a mass, and made into a ball. 

 After the fore shoes- have been removed, poultice the feet thor- 

 oughly with bran and cold water, as follows : Fill two small bags, 

 sufficiently large to hold three or four quarts, with bran, put a foot 

 into each, and tie loosely 

 around the top with a string. 

 Keep wet either by pouring 

 on water, or by putting each 

 poulticed foot into a bucket 

 of water. This manner of 

 poulticing should be kept 

 up for four or five days, 

 when the shoes may be 

 tacked on and the horse ex- 

 ercised a little. Cloths wet 

 with cold water should be 

 tied around the coronet, 

 and the soles stuffed with 

 flaxseed meal, or any other 

 means of keeping the feet 

 wet for a week or two can 

 be used. 



The horse" should have tepid water to drink, and warm bran 

 mashes during the operation of the medicine, ff 'the disease is stub- 

 born, which is rarely the case, a second ball may be given after an 



Fra. 767. — Front View of the Pedal Bono in a 

 Healthy Condition. 



