PHICK IN IHB FOOT. 155 



Heat, pain, lameness, and subsequent formation 

 of matter, will be the result, unless the offending 

 substance is removed in time and the injury cured. 



TREATMENT. With the hammer upon the nails, 

 or by pressure with the pincers, ascertain where the 

 horse feels pain, and the mischief lies. Take off the 

 shoe, pare away the hoof around the injured part, 

 until it yields to the thumb, follow the nail-hole 

 to the bottom, and if newly done, a dark-colored 

 dirty matter will flow out. Make a fair vent for the 

 fluid, and if there is not much lameness, put a piece 

 of cotton soaked in ARNICA or THE MARVEL upon 

 the pricked place, and tack the shoe lightly on with 

 a sole leather and the usual stopping between it 

 and the foot to prevent dirt getting into the wound. 



If the injury has been of some days' standing and 

 there is pain, heat, and lameness, matter has prob- 

 ably already formed, and may run under the sole 

 or make its way to the coronet. In such cases 

 make a good opening, remove all dead horn and 

 that only ; dress as before with ARNICA or THE 

 MARVEL, and put the foot into a large bran or tur- 

 nip poultice, which must be changed night and 

 morning. Continue the poultices until the lameness 

 is measurably subdued, and then dress with Arnica, 

 and shoe as before. 



During the treatment, give the SPECIFIC for IN- 

 JURIES, B B, in doses of ten drops, every four, or 

 six hours, according to the urgency of the case, and 

 if there is much fever interpose a dose or two of 

 the FEVER SPECIFIC, A A, as circumstances re- 

 quire. 



