234 DR. LEGEAR'S STOCK BOOK. 



Old chronic cases of founder may be relieved by taking off the 

 shoes and paring down the feet and standing the horse in water 

 to his ankles five or six hours a day for fifteen or twenty days. 

 Then blister the feet in the hair just above the hoofs well with 

 our Spavin Cure. After blistering oil the whole foot well every 

 day or two for two or three weeks with raw linseed oil or sweet 

 oil. 



SEEDY-TOE. 



The term seedy-toe has been applied to a peculiar condition 

 of the horn of the toe, which is rendered soft and crumbling. 



Causes. It may be due to an hereditary predisposition, the u*t 

 of too large toe-clips, or to any irritation causing impaired secre- 

 tion or interfering with the nutrition of the horn at the toe. J't 

 may not in all cases cause lameness, but is, nevertheless, an un- 

 soundness. 



Treatment. Remove the shoe and cut down the toe, removing 

 all the diseased horn. Keep the hoof moist with poultices, and 

 then apply a good blister to the coronet to stimulate the growth 

 of new horn. Continue the poultices, fomentations, etc., and if 

 the sensitive structures are exposed and much irritation exists. 

 the opening should be closed by pledgets of cotton saturated with 

 any of the preparations of tar. 



BEUISE OF THE SENSITIVE SOLE. 



Causes. It may be caused by stepping on a rock or other hard 

 substances while traveling rapidly, or by a shoe upon a naturally 

 thin sole, or a sole that has been cut down too much. 



