160 On the General Treatment of the Feet, 



nighty after the Foot has been washed and picked out. This appli- 

 cation not only removes the fetoi" of the thrush, but by its mode- 

 rately drying' and gently stimulating property, it induces that condi- 

 tion of the sensible frog, which is favorable to the production of 

 fresh and sound horn. Whereas tar, turpentine, and all greasy ap- 

 plications, although they may correct the fetor for a time, will 

 eventually exasperate the disease, by encreasing the inflammation, 

 and encouraging the suppurative action of the sensible frog ; by 

 which means, the possibility of that organ's resuming its original 

 healthy action, of forming horn, instead of matter, will be effectu- 

 ally precluded. I must here remark that the use of blue vitriol, and 

 such violent astringents, though they may stop the running' of a 

 thrush, do this too suddenly; and, not unfrequently, the eyes of 

 Horses become affected, in consequence of the application of such 

 sort of medicines to running thrushes. 



But, it must be acknowledged, that in spite of the adoption of the 

 best principles of Shoeing-, and the most judicious treatment of the 

 Feet, that there is in some Horses, and especially in those which 

 have much blood (as the phrase is) so great a propensity to contrac- 

 tion of the fe,et, that they begin Tery early, to exhibit symptoms of 

 tenderness on the pavement, or hard roads. In these cases, the crust 

 of the Foot, is generally very strong, and the heels high. 



At every time of Shoeing, therefore, the quarters should get a 

 very slight application of the Rasp, and the heels should be lowered 

 gradually, and moderately, always bearing in mind Mr. Coleman's 

 grand cardinal point, in the practice of Shoeing, namely, that the 

 shoe is to rest on the wall and the bars alone, and is to bear on no 

 part of the sole, which it cannot touch any wherC;, without producing^ 



