CHRONIC FOUNDER. 



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pensory power of the laminae, then it is 

 advisable to bleed quickly. If purgatives 

 are advisable, give calomel and aloes in 

 the proportion of 1 to 2 drachms of calomel 

 to 4 to 7 of aloes. 



Chronic Founder. 



When the inflammation is very intense, 

 and is allowed to continue very long, there 

 is an exudation or lymph thrown out that 

 separates the wall from the sensitive lam- 

 inae at the toe. In 'time there are im- 

 morphus horn cells grown from the sen- 

 sitive laminae, or phodofilous tissues of the 

 coffin-bone, making a soft, spongy horn, 

 which, pressing againt the wall in front, 

 forces the anterior part of the bone down- 

 ward against the sole, making it bulge 

 downward, and in some cases perforating 

 it, with a corresponding falling in of the 

 wall above, producing what is termed a 

 drop sole, which will be more or less 

 marked according to the amount of dis- 

 organization, I give two very interesting 

 specimens of extreme cases in Figs. 769 

 and 770. The first was obtained by me 

 of Prof. Cressy, connected with the " Mas- 

 sachusetts Agricultural College, now o'f 



Fig. 774.— The Substance of the Bone Greatly Reduced in 

 Size. The Effect of Acute Laminitis. 



Fig. 773.— the Sole at the Toe 



Broken Through. The Effect 



of Severe Inflammation in 



the Foot, or Acute 



Laminitis. 



Hartford, Conn. ; the 

 second frpm a specimen 

 furnished by the Colum- 

 bia Veterinary College, 

 of New York City. They 

 are drawn half size, and 

 are exact reproductions 

 of the originals. When 

 there is inflammation in 

 the feet, involving the 

 bones, it is surprising to 

 what degree the pedal 

 bone is liable to become 

 absorbed or changed in 



