, 1873-01-29

gangrene i8 the result. Compelling the patant,
TO stand on hard floor, OF to walk On hard ens
nnoven ground, but especially an irrational
treatment, must be considered also al aeenr;as
that are able to promote q termination n rae.
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= y ::cce :Ae lst'e- -2.s.'es its a>1c,-a,ca ~.
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..5 -: T.. IL - Ltsoin2' :.l:o.;::s, tLe
i;uA-a.. Oh yer: f.st, tie pulse had, small s55
vibrating. Ito respiration considerably acc.1e@.
atcd and breath short tho warmth OF tha ho.ts
decreased; the pain, however, becomas ~
trameiy great; 60 that the animals f1euuenty
CRATE their teeth- Further, the coronet Of ths
hoof sinks, becomes depressed. tha se.Ta aon. w.
rates. md fetid ichor oozes out hetWeen 'H is
skin and tho hoof; the animals lose the nsa ~ op
their feat, and lie down almost constantIT ~
! cannot stand ut all. @'' o1
:: Not always, however, is great pain an indic.-
| coronet in all cases characteristic symntorn '
| Tor great pain, ~ we'll ~ great depression. Il
! observed also where, for instance. tha fcrar
has assumed i typhoid or torpid character, or
! wEere the founder, or l.,niniti5, is complicated
with other Important diseases. Still, tha othes
take. Afterwards, when tie toahy parts of tbs
lIoof haTo been mortified, the sers!tiye1ess sud
tie increased warmth Of the foot disappear, and
the animals. notwithstanding that the hoofs are
separated, do not seem to feel much pain By
touching the ground, and standing On their feet.
till finally the separation becomes perfect, aud
the hoofs are lost. Generally, lowover, the uais-
cry is soon te1minsted by death.
In such cases where neither Dispersion Ia ef.
fected nor gangrene il taking PLACE, the inaau-
nation can terminate in euppuration. This ter
n1inAtton, too, must be considered as most M
favorable one, 1or it frequently leads to an
absorption Of the matter, and, il consequences of
1t, to q formation of assesses in tho lungs,
which, Of course, causo the death Of the animal
suppuration may be expected where the infa,n-
nation is very severe, where the diseased feet
are EXPOSED to local injurious influences, md
whore the morbid changes within the hoof ars of
such nature ~ to cause destruction Of Ee-
sue; as, for instance; whore tie tuunde.ed
uneven ground, maeada.aizsi roads, etc., but
especially whore the hoofs have been diseased Or
deformed before laminitia made its appearance.
or where tho patients are neglected, -or hare to
suffer from an irrstional and injurious treat
ment. sappuration, in ell cases. is conse-
in the interior OF tho hoof; therefore, ia a1wav,
Of = malignant character, and produces fetsi
tchoE, instead OF = yellow and odorless matter.
as We find it in other tissues nfser severe infar-
nations. The indications Of this Termination sra
as follows The pulse in the =-:e-ica Of tho
shank and pastcrnB remains very tense and full.
becomes throbbiug the pain in the feet Is rar7
considerable. especially in those parts in which
the matter ia formed; therefore, ia most seyet9
sometimes in tha wall, sometimes in the sole
but generally towards the toe, OF in the triangle
between thebars md the vail Of the heel or final
ly, at some place On the coronet tho latter when
the abscess is opening cboTe. Then the co1ontt
appears concaTe and depressed. As soon es
horse nsually lifts the indamed foot almost
but does 1t scarcely enough to remove
the same from the ground. / local examination
reveals soon the trua condition.
very frequent termination Of founder Ia
That in degeneration and reformation Of The
feet, caused by the disorder in the nutritiye Do
coss, and By the deposit OF plastic e1udation
within tho hoofs, It takes place almost alvavs
where the inflammation is serere, and the patient
not early enough subjected to i p1oper treat
ed feet, and mEy be subdiyided into frll-hoofs.
with hat or convex sole; knoll-hoofs, uhere
The hoofs are very much daformed and i'll shared:
and ring-hoofs, where the reformation is such
as to Cause an irregular groWth OF the wall Or
:rust. The symptoms attending this termination
.re as follows: The fever decreases, md d;.ap-
3ears almost entirely; the pulse becomes a1oTer
nut the pulsation, though somewhat decreased.
emaine in the arteries Of the shank and psstern:
he coronet sinks; tho Aole OF the hoof growa
lat, and finally convex; and the pain and lame
less, if At all, are but little diminished. Tho
ghite line which connects tho soils Of the hoof
nth the crust ct the sazns aasumes q yellow
eddish, sometimes evan ) red color, appears
ather porous, and infiltrated with q yelo7lsh
luid. + Afterwards the whito line grows Eidaz.
ust in the ss.ne degree as the hoaf becomes
!attened and deforned, in some cases eran thres
ines IS wide as in q healthy hoof. Tha sole it.
elf becomes very sensitive, and the plastic axu-
4tions Lead to the formation Of new, but NOR
id horn, deposited, or wcdsca in, betweea the
rust or wall OF the hoof and the cofan-ooco. es-
eciall7 towards the toe. This new horn presses
hetoe-pa=t of the hoof, forEard.-hoEce tho
longated shape Of q hoof deformsd BY founder,
-and crowds the toe-part OF the coifn-bone bacs-
ard End downward, which, OF course, caasos tho
ole to become convex, and, rs Continued pressure
[HayB cauaes Absorption. makes the sole sery
lin and sensitive. Under such conditions, tho
bite lins must grow wider and wider. In souo
..es, the reformation becomes so extensive.
so fa- backward and downward, as to
lange the lower surface Of that bone to pos
rior one, and to bring the point OF tho too Sn!o
perpendicular position- Ths normal growth Of
le hoof, and tho production Of sound horn, G:
'urse, are considerably disturbed, aud the boot
self becomes brittle and loses its resistance.
some cases, the cofin-bone, too, taxes
ut in the morbid process, becomes
famed, :, or, maybe, carious, aad thsn
me, even If the disease should no. ter.ni-
tte IN suppuzatfon Or gaugrens, which may bo
ought on by the slightest injury. In such
go, the horse, at any rate, is without valus.
II the couEao Of tane, especially Whera
,esa as s is yss5 e;fsn 81 ssee m
ore fat, sometimes to such IN extent as to
proach tho form Of = human foot :; the SOLO
31uently becomes separated from tho w:D,
d sand-c1acka and fa1se quarters arc ve:J
ton the consequences. Such degenersted lee.
shoy the value Of tbs horae; OILY whore tie
generation ia very moderate, such an animal
y be made sesTiceable by proper and tudicious
oeing..
In al those csses IN which tho disease has no.
minated in dispersion, which, BY tho wav, is
, only termination thst admits perfecs re-
id.
Morbid anatomy, causes, and dtreatment ne1t
Ok .VErxRE.AlIAN.
I11inE 175 Feet Down the xhuf4 ofa
Kline, and Still Alive and Well.
. From tue San Diego {cat.1 NorlL
christmas Eve Ut the Julian Mines furnished
, Of the most remarkable incidents Ia al ths