Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-01-13
CIR garmer.
Cure for Founder.

ANIMALS, Is Inc most uisposeu anu
the most liable to accidents and dis
ease, arising in part from his pecu>
liar habits, bat more generally from
the use to which he is put, and per
haps, Of all the diseases, there is
not one Of more FREQUENT, and, at
the anne limeof SO fatal occurrence
to III e value Of a good horse, as the
fountlers, Which are Of two kinds,
and may be denominated chronic
and acute, The former manifesting
itself ID general stiffness Of the
limbs, and contraction Of the chest;
the latter always the result OF some
immediate cause, and is most ire
que tly induced by hard driving,
will improper granting and water
ing
Some eight years ago, it v as my
misfortune TO have a valuable horse
badly foundered in his fore feet
Being ignorant Of the diseas e and
its consequences, / placed him in
the han ds of a celebrated veterina@
Ran, that be should spare no pains
or labor to effect cure.
He commenced operations BY ap-
plying the hot bath to the feet, legs,
and breast, and at the same time
bleeding in the neck and feet, open
ing vein in each foot, near where
the hair joins the hoof, al the first
bleeding he took up about ten quarts
of bloc ID, without apparently affect,
ing the animal. The second day,
think we administered somephysic.
{ This process of bathing, bleeding.
and physicing, was kept up as Oft
en- as every third or fourth day, fol-
the space of ten weeks The horse.
at that.timfe, had so far recovered as
barely to hobble out of the stable
This mode OF treatment was con-
tinued at intervals, and in about
six months my doctor pronounced
the horse well, but it was at least
eighteen months before he was en-
tirely free from all symptoms Of the
disease; having, during that time
lost the entire hoofs from his fore
teet-rlew ones having come out it
their stead.
AS bad luck would have it, about
two years after the first accident
the same horse was again foundered
and il possible, worse than at The
first time. Feeling that the expense
and trouble of a second cure woulC
amount to more than the value o
the horse, | ordered the stablemer
TO take him into the back yard;
then called the blacksmith, had the
shoes taken from his feet, hoof'
pared off as thin as possible, anC
with a tool such as lumberman mark
boards with, cut the arteries in eacE
toe. lust at the point of the frog
The'blopd continued to run until The
horse dropped down, when it stop
ned, and in few minutes he railiet
and got up. then took hall a bar.
rel Tub, filled it with water, and
placed the horses feet in it; ! bad
near a arge box of ice, Git being
JuIy.) from which the tub was con
stanlly supplied, until a bout one
hundred pounds were consumed,
reouiring about fourteen hours
So intense Vas the heat in his feet
and legs, thai constant steam as
cended from the water, tile horse
remaining perfectly quiet and free
from pain. At this point of time he
was taken with the shakes; | put
my hand to his feet, and found them
perfectly cold TO the touch. | then
had him removed from the tub TO
The stall, and wrapped in blankets;
where he had stood perhaps five
minutes, when he dropped appa-
ren,ly dead; but by applying the
straw wisp, he was shortly restored
to his feet, and by adding q double
quantity Of blankets, the perspira-
ton started very freely then adj
miulstered half a pound OF glau-
Der salts, and left him ih care Of the
hostler for the night. ION going to
The stable in the morning, ! found
nv horse no difference in appear
ance than one just off from long,
but not hard journey. | took him
tothesmith's, hadthe shoesreplaced,
and that day rode him to my
form, fxvo miles distant. and back