The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-19

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the horse is hot and tired; allowing
him to drink an he cares to 0t cold
water when In the same condition.
oYerdriving when the horse IS not IN
training for the work; 0verfeeding
upon such foods as rye and wheat OF
corn when the horse is not accustomed
TO those foods. To this may be added
the accidental causes. such as the
horse breaking loose and getting to the
feed bin and gorging himself and get
ting a full drink Of water before it is
found that he has eaten SO much. The
causes are given here that they may
be avoided where possible. for many a
case is the result Of foolish manage
ment and carelessness. To illustrate
we may say that we have seen many a
case Of founder where horses working
all day at the horsepower Of a corn
separator or other machine were al
lowed to stand at the back Of a wagon
fun Of grain and help themselves
when weary.
When it is noticed that a horse is
showing symptoms Of founder do not
have the blacksmith come and bleed
him, for such treatment is no longer
followed by modern veterinarians.
Have the shoes removed and at once
place the feet in hot water # the horse
is not so badly attacked that he can
not stand up. II he Is SO sore that It
pains him to stand. let him lie down
in a box stall and place the feet in hot
fiaxseed poultices. At once give him
at one dose two ounces Of saltpeter
and ten drops Of tincture Of aeonite.
and repeat the aconite in two hours
and then in four hours. and at each ad-
ministration Of the medicine let him
have also one ounce Of saltpeter. for It
is a strange but true fact that salt
peter does not harm the kidneys Of
foundered horse and at the same time
is a most sovereign remedy for the
disease. II this treatment be given at
once it is quite possible to abort the
attack and have the animal in good
shape in two days, but in very severe
cases or where it is not given at once
he will be laid up for some time. When
after giving the treatment all Of the
aggravated symptoms abate. but the
horse Is still lame at the end Of one
week, the hair should be clipped from
the hoof heads and a strong blister be
well rubbed IN for fifteen minutes For
this purpose the following viii be
found a most valuable recipe: Biniodide
Of mercury one drachm. cerate Of
cantharides one ounce; mix. Wash
the blister of in forty-eight hours and
then apply lard daily and repeat the
blister every ten days until the horse
makes a complete recovery. In very
severe cases, where the horse IS fat
and Of the heavy drafty breeds, It Is
often a good plan to alternate the
treatment Of the feet for the first
twelve hours Of the attack, when the
symptoms are at their worst stage, by
placing them In hot water for an hour
at a time and then for the same length
Of time in ice cold water. and SO on,
turn about. uRtil he is able to stand
with a fair. degree Of comfort, when
poultices may be applied. Many practi-
tioners do not use hot water at all. but
continue cold applications along with
the saltpeter, which they give in very
large doses without the aconite. and
claim just as good results as where
the other form of treatment is fol-
lowed. Personally the writer prefers
the hot water and poultices and would
advise readers Of this paper to follow
that form of treatment as it will al
ways give good results.
Despite the best Of treatment there
will be some cases where the animal
viii have dropped soles as a result Of
the attack and where this is the case
il is not possible to do great deal
to lessen the bad effects. We usually
blister repeatedly and then shoe with
wide-webbed shoes which bear only
upon the walls Of the foot and are put
on over tar. oakum and a leather sole.
Sometimes such cases do well if turned
out upon a low wet pasture.