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each side of the heels. All this should be done 

 before a knife is used on the frog. After all 

 pressure is removed by this paring operation, 

 the condition of the frog will show how it was 

 affected by pressure on each side. 



Next, by the use of the knife, cut a slice off 

 the top of the frog, and carefully clean out the 

 cleft, which suffers most on account of the direct 

 pressure of the bors on each side of the frog. 

 After this cleaning operation is performed, a 

 warm poultice of flaxseed meal should be ap- 

 plied two or three times, according to the condi- 

 tion of the foot. When the poultice is removed, 

 the foot should be washed out occasionally with 

 castile soap and warm water, after which a little 

 salt, ground into fine powder, should be forced 

 into the cleft, and kept in by a mixture of tar 

 and oakum as a dressing, after which an open 

 shoe should be fitted so as to expand the foot 

 gradually. This treatment should be pursued 

 until a permanent cure is effected. 



If the foot is in a state of contraction, it 

 should be expanded under the instructions 



