Lameness 71 



TREATMENT 



Before attempting to do anything with the horse get the necessities 

 ready. The necessities will consist of a solution of bichlorid of mercury 

 water 1 to 500 or pure dip, pure turpentine, pure lysol or carbolic 

 acid. In addition the following should be placed in a pan and boiled 

 15 minutes, 1 sharp knife, a hypodermic sy,ringe and blunt pointed needle. 

 The blunt pointed hollow slender needle can be made by taking a hypo- 

 dermic syringe needle and filing off the point, (see cut page 17, fig. 4.) 

 Such needles and syringes are often used for putting vaccines, serums, 

 and other drugs under the skin and should be kept on hand. 



Every thing ready take some warm water and soap and clean the 

 dirt out of the horses foot before using the pincers to pull the nail. 



This is done to prevent dirt from falling into the hole made by tlie 

 nail. 



After the nail is out with the syrnge and blunt pointed small needle 

 force some good germ killing drug as tincture of iodine, bichloride of 

 mercury, lysol, turpentine, etc. in the cavity being sure the drug reaches 

 the bottom of the cavity. Do this 3 otr 4 times. The operation should 

 be repeated for several days. Allowing a deep wound to close up when 

 pus is forming inside causes pretty serious trouble and such should always 

 be prevented. When such a case develops it is usually necessary to open 

 the wound to the bottom and keep it washed out well with germ killing 

 drugs. 



LAMENESS 



Lameness Due to Shedding or Bruising the Frog of tine Foot 



At intervals a portion of the frog of the hqrses foot is replaced by 

 new tissue. The new tissue is often quite tender or gets bruised and 

 the closest observer can not tell whether the lameness is due to a nail or 

 tender frog tissue until a thorough examination is made. Wlien the 

 frog is effected they walk on the toe, h^ve very little fever. Tlie frog is 

 sensitive to pressure and the shedding of old frog tissue can usually be 

 seen. 



TREATMENT 



The foot should be thoroughly cleaned by the use of soap and warm 



