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tumor upon the cornet, between the hair and the hoof^ 

 attended with violent pain and inflammation. 



" Treatment. — Wash the part from all dirt, and if 

 between the claws take a rope of a proper thickness, 

 and chafe the part afflicted,* and afterwards dress the 

 parts with the muriate of antimony (butter of anti- 

 mony) or sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol.) Let the ani- 

 mal stand in a dry place for an hour, repeat the 

 application every day. If the part be much affected, 

 rub it with some stimulating ointment, and if the tu- 

 mour be likely to suppurate, linseed poultices as oft as 

 is necessary should be applied, and repeated till the 

 inflammation has subsided ; then dress the wound with 

 lint and mild astringent ointment. Due regard must 

 be paid to existing symptoms. A few doses of sodse 

 sulphas (glauber's salt) will cool the body and accele- 

 rate the cure. 



Edward Skellett, Professor of the Veterinary art, 

 an English writer of reputation, says that this disorder 

 " proceeds from two causes ; the one from accident, 

 and the other from a morbid state of the system. Its 

 situation is betwixt the claws of the cow, either in the 

 fore or hind feet, but more frequently in the former. 

 It is always attended with a swelling, the discharge 

 from which, when it breaks or cracks, has a very of- 

 fensive smell. 



The accidental foul proceeds from gravel, flints, 

 bones, or any other hard substances getting between 

 the claws, produces great pain and inflammation. The 

 first step to be taken for its cure is to remove the hard 

 substance, and clean the wound out ; then the follow- 



* This practice is condemned by other writers as cruel and 

 unnecessary .| 



