DISKASKS OF TUF. FFIIOt K, ANKl.K, AND FOOT. 421) 



should be introcliued to the Koiidin ul" tlu' wound and the t'<i(it <lrf-v,>(l 

 as directed above. 



The other complications air lo be treatetl as directed iindci iIkh 

 proper headin*;s. 



Aftei- healin«r of tiie wounds has been etfected, lameness, with more 

 or less sM'elliii«i of the coronary reirion. may remain. In such cases 

 the coronet should be blistered or even (ired with the actual cautery, 

 and the patient turned to pasture. If the lameness still persists, and 

 is not due to a stitF joint, unnervin"^ may be resorted to in many 

 cases with very jjjoinl results. If the joint is anchylosed, no treatment 

 can relieve it, and the patient must either be j)nt to Aery slow work or 

 kei)t for breedin*; j)Uiposes only. 



^^ Prt'ck hi sho< iiKj^' is an injury which shoidtl l>c considered under 

 the head of j^unctured wounds of the foot. The nails by which the 

 shoe is fastened to the hoof may produce an injury followed by 

 inflammation and supj)uration in two days, by penetiatiiiir th«' soft 

 tissues directly or by being driven so deep that the inner layers of the 

 horn of the wall are pressed ajrain.'^t the soft tissues with such force 

 as to crush them. In either case, uidess the injury is at the toe. \\\v 

 animal generally goes lame soon after shoeing, when the first evi- 

 dence of the trouble may be the dischai-ge of pus at the coronet. If 

 lameness follows close upon the setting of the shoes, without otlier 

 appreciable cause, each nail should be lightly struck with a hammer, 

 when the one at fault will be detected by the flinching of the animal. 



Treatment consists in drawing the nail, and if the soft tissues ha\i' 

 l»€en |>enetrated or supi)uration has commenced, the horn mu.st be 

 pared away imtil the diseased parts are exposed. The foot is now to 

 ha poulticed for a day oi- two, or until the lameness and suppuration 

 have ceased. If the discharge of \ms from the coronet is the first 

 evidence of the disea.se, the offending nail must be found and re- 

 m<»ve(l, the horn pared out: and a weak solution of carbolic acid or 

 compound cresol injected at the coronet until the fistulous tract lias 

 healed. 



CONTR.\CTEn IIEEL.S, OR HOOI BOIND. 



Contracted heels, or hoofboiind, is a iomuuom disease among horses 

 kept on hard floor in dry stables, and in such as are subject to uiiuh 

 Sitddle W(»rk. It consists in an atrophy, or shrinking, of the tissues of 

 tlu' foot, whereby the lateral diametei* (jf the heels is diminished, it 

 affects the fore feet principally ; but it is seen occasionally in the hind 

 feet, where it is of less importance, for the rea.son that the hind foot 

 first strikes the grouml with the toe, and conse<iuently less exjiansion 

 of the heels is necessary than in the fore feet, where the weight is 

 first received on the heels. Any interference with the expansibility 

 of this part of the foot interfere.- with l<H<>motion an<l ultimately 



