174 SHOEING. 



sole too deeply^ rendering, by a step of imprii'* 

 deuce, the remedy worse than the disease. 

 When it is thus reduced as much as the state 

 of tlie corn and the texture of the foot will 

 justify, let tl)e entire destruction of it be at« 

 tempted by tlie occasional appHcation of a few 

 drops of oil of 'vitriol over its whole surface ; 

 or its rapidity of growth restrained by the as- 

 sistance of Goulard's extract of sat urn, trau" 

 mafic (commonly called Friar's) haham cam- 

 phorated spirits of wine, or tincture of myrrh. 



This being performed, if the vacuum is 

 large or deep ironx y^'hewQe tlie substance has 

 been extracted, and the operator has been 

 tinder the necessity of nearly perforating the 

 outer sole, so as to be productive of additional 

 l>enderness to the original cause of complaint ; 

 care must be taken to prevent the insinuation 

 of extraneous substances of different kinds, 

 as stcnes, gravel, dirt, or such other arti- 

 cles as may very much irritate and injure 

 the part. This is best effected by plugging 

 up the cavity vv ith a pledget of tozc^, first 

 hardening the surface well with one of the 

 before-mentioned spirituous applications: re- 

 membering not to insert the tow too closely to 



