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Some years ago a Mr. Broad, a veterinary surgeon of 

 Bath, introduced a different method of treatment, which in 

 many cases has been most successful. 



The system advocated is to construct a small bath, if no 

 natural supply is available, in which the horse may be kept 

 standing for hours in cold water ; and at short intervals to 

 compel the horse to take walking exercise for half an hour, 

 by so doing forcing the congestion of the feet to be relieved. 

 As soon as the exercise is over the horse must be placed 

 at once again in the bath to prevent congestion re- 

 curring. In an hour's time the horse is to be sent for 

 another half-hour's exercise, if possible on soft ground, and 

 this rotation of walking, and resting in the cold bath, to be 

 steadily continued until the action is once more restored. It 

 is essential that the proceedings in the first instance must 

 commence with a walk; and the animal must be forced to do 

 this, even if two men have to hold it up with a sack under 

 its belly, and a whip has to be called into requisition to make 

 the horse move. After the subsequent rest in the cold bath 

 the animal will be able to move freely by itself. A feature 

 of the treatment is to shoe the animal with heavy bar shoes at 

 the beginning, which are made thinner at the toes and heels 

 than in the middle, forming a curve, and compelling the 

 weight to be thrown mostly on the centre of the foot. 



QUITTOE. 



This is a deep, narrow abscess, opening upon the coronet, 

 and generally is connected with an ulcer in the foot. It should 

 be well poulticed, and a probe should be used to find out the 

 direction of the fistula, and whether there is more than one. 

 An antiseptic lotion, such as Chinosol, should be squirted 

 into it three or four times a day. It often arises from a corn 

 in the heel. 



Corns. 



A corn is a bruise upon the sole of the foot at the angle 

 between the bar and the sole. It is caused by contracted 

 feet and tight shoes, especially if the latter become embedded 



