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Arnica and Camphor Lotion. — Tincture of arnica one ounce, spirits 

 of camphor two ounces, water one pint. 



If an abscess forms it should be lanced at the lowest part, and after 

 draining should be injected with an antiseptic lotion such as : — Carbolic 

 acid, half-ounce, water one pint. If a swelling remains after the acute 

 symptoms have subsided blistering with red mercury ointment (page 75, 

 Vol. V.) will be necessary. 



Prevention. — Horses addicted to speedy cutting should never be 

 shod with the shoe flush with the wall on the inside. The inner web of 

 the shoe should be raised and as few nails as possible used on the inside. 

 l>eather boots shaped to protect the inner aspect of the knee at the seat 

 of the injury and padded with cloth or felt tO' lessen the jar of the blow 

 are often necessary in spite of their unsightliness. 



Wounds fron] Brushing. 



Brushing is the act of hitting the fetlock on the inside with the 

 opposite foot. When happening in the fore limb it is generally due to 

 defective conformation, " lady-toed " horses being particularly liable. 

 The out -turning of the toes tends to throw the fetlock inwards and so into 

 a position in which it is more likely to be struck by the opposite foot. 

 When occurring behind it is most often due to muscular fatigue and want 

 of condition, although some aged horses in full work persistently brush 

 behind. 



The severity of the wound or bruise varies considerably and treatment, 

 of a similar character to that recommended for speedy cutting, should be 

 modified accordingly. 



Prevention. — Shoeing with tips or three quarter shoes often effec- 

 tually prevents brushing. Lowering the outside wall of the hoof or 

 thickening the inside web of the shoe, so that the fetlock may be thrown 

 outwards away from the line of action of the opposite foot, is also to be 

 recommended, and the hoof ought never to be allowed to grow long. 

 The shoes should be removed at short intervals, every three weeks say, 

 and care taken that the clinches of the inside nails are well sunken. For 

 persistent brushing the use of brushing boots so affixed as to protect the 

 part liable to injury is essential. Sometimes a stout India rubber ring is 

 worn above the fetlock to prevent it being struck by the opposite foot, 

 and although unsightly it is often effective. 



Wounds fron] Over-reach. 



Overreaching ordinarily consists in striking sonie part of the fore limb 

 with the hind shoe or foot. The blow is usually inflicted on the coronet 

 at the heels just at the junction of skin and hoof but sometimes the skin 

 covering the back tendons above the fetlock is cut and torn. It is during 

 the gallop that the injury is most often sustained. In race horses a 

 peculiar kind of overreach, if it may be so called is sometimes observed. 

 The wounds are on the inside of the thigh above the hock and are 

 evidently caused by the parts striking against the back-turned shoes of 

 the fore feet towards the end of a tiring gallop when, from fatigue, the 

 fore feet are not lifted forward in time to be out of the way of the 

 advancing hind limbs. 



Treatment similar to that recommended for speedy cutting and 

 brushing should be carried out, and with hor-ses having a tendency to 

 injure themselves in this way bandages or guards of cloth,, leather or 

 rubber .should be worn over the seat of the injury. 



{To be continued.) 



