. The horse : its varieties and management in health and disease. of the long-standing wounds occasionedby pressure. Treatment consists of dissecting out the mass as thesafest, quickest, and most effectual method in promotinga speedy cure. CHAPTER XXV. DISEASES OF THE APPENDAGES OF THESKIN. Laminitis — Coronitis — Sandcrack —Thrush— Canker — Seedy-Toe — Kera-toma—Corns. Laminitis—Inflammation of the Feet, known also asfounder, or fever in the feet, as implied in the term, consistsof an inflamed condition of the sensitive laminae whichsurround the coffin-bone, securing the hoof in position ;the
. The horse : its varieties and management in health and disease. of the long-standing wounds occasionedby pressure. Treatment consists of dissecting out the mass as thesafest, quickest, and most effectual method in promotinga speedy cure. CHAPTER XXV. DISEASES OF THE APPENDAGES OF THESKIN. Laminitis — Coronitis — Sandcrack —Thrush— Canker — Seedy-Toe — Kera-toma—Corns. Laminitis—Inflammation of the Feet, known also asfounder, or fever in the feet, as implied in the term, consistsof an inflamed condition of the sensitive laminae whichsurround the coffin-bone, securing the hoof in position ;the sensitive sole is also involved, and occasionally themalady extends to the coffin-bone. In slight cases it ter-minates by resolution, leaving few traces behind ; but thegeneral character of the disease leads to deformity of thefeet, by interference with the secretion at the coronet, aswell as causing a descent of the coffin-bone and thesole, the result of displacement of the latter, with pro-bable changes in Jt^ also. Convexity of the sole, or. 2 3 8 Pis cases of the Appendages of the Skin. pumice foot, is the state identified with these changes, andby which the usefulness of the animal is much attacks of pneumonia, influenza, superpurgation,and stomach engorgement often give way to inflamma-tion of the feet. Sometimes the disease is confined totwo feet only, at others the whole are affected. In thefirst, he throws the weight ofthe body on the sound legs,but when all the feet are in-flamed the suffering is moreintense, and the animal oftengoes down. There are signsof intense fever with elevationof temperature, and he blowsDescent of the Coffin-Bone. hard. The pain being alsogreat, exhaustion follows, andhe is likely to contract congestion of the lungs, fromwhich he shortly dies. Treatment.—Remove the shoes at the commencementof the attack if possible. Blood-letting, to be of service,should be practised when the pulse is full and strong;scarify
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