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rubbing with liniment is preferable. Two months should 
be allowed for a complete cure. In cases in which there 
is a wasting of the muscles of the shoulder with severe 
lameness, the cause should be sought in the leg or foot, 
and when the lameness is removed the muscles will 
resume their normal shape. 
LAMINITIS, OR FOUNDER 
This is inflammation of the sensitive laminzwe or 
plates of the foot. It usually affects the front feet, but 
may occur in all feet in rare cases. This disease is also 
ealled “chest founder,” as it was ouce supposed that the 
apparent wasting of the muscles of the chest brought it 
on. Inflammation of the feet may not be confined to the 
sensitive lamine, but may extend to all the sensitive 
structures inside the hoof. 
Injuries to the feet, either from accidents, or from 
the concussion of hard and fast driving, long and severe 
drives, or driving a horse through cold water while 
warm, may cause inflammation of the feet. Feeding or 
watering a horse when he is very warm or tired, or a 
sudden and violent change of food, may also be causes 
of the trouble. Laminitis frequently occurs in cattle 
that are on full feed and in oxen or other animals 
following long drives. 
Inflammation of the feet may be severe and acute, or 
it may occur in a milder, persistent chronic form, the 
symptoms varying much with the type of the disease. 
Acute laminitis is usually found in the front feet. 
There is difficult locomotion, the horse dislikes to bear 
