240 FOOT-ROT. 



CHAPTER IV. 



DISEASES OF THE FEET. 



Foot-Rot. 



THIS disease is most common in low, marshy 

 places, and results from foreign bodies, such as 

 sand, gravel, sticks, or dirt, getting into the cleft of 

 the foot. 



SYMPTOMS. Lameness, swelling of the pastern, 

 pain, etc. ; matter then forms, and unless it is let 

 out, it will spread in all directions under the foot 

 and appear at the coronet ; long, narrow ulcers re- 

 main, and proud flesh springs up from the diseased 

 places. 



TREATMENT. Examine the foot carefully; re- 

 move all dirt or other foreign matter ; then foment 

 the foot night and morning with hot water for an 

 hour, and then apply a turnip or bran poultice ; the 

 hoof should be pared down, and all the dead parts, 

 or those likely to interfere with the escape of matter, 

 cut away; afterwards apply THE WITCH-HAZEL OIL, 

 on a piece of cloth bandaged to the foot, to keep it 

 in place and prevent dirt or other matter getting into 

 the sore. If the parts are healthy, the iar and tallow 

 application (equal parts) is very serviceable. The 

 hoof will then begin to grow, during which care 

 must be taken to prevent dirt lodging in the wound 

 and causing fresh irritation. A dose of the SPECIFIC 

 for ULCERS, I I, every morning, and of J J, for 

 condition every night, will aid the process, 



