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" to remove the dead maggots with a stick, and to expose and kill 

 *' the deeper-lodged ones, all can be extirpated. Every particle 

 ''of loose horn should then be removed, though it take the entire 

 " hoof, — and it frequently does take the entire hoof at an ad- 

 " vanced stage of the disease. The foot should be cleansed, if. 

 " necessary, with a solution of chloride of lime, in the proportion 

 " of a pound of the chloride to a gallon of water. If this is not 

 " at hand, plunging the foot repeatedly in water, just short of 

 "scalding hot, will answer the purpose." 



Quite a number of remedies are given as being, or having been, 

 in successful operation in different parts of this country and in 

 Europe. 



" The most common and popular remedy now used in Central 

 *' New York is : i lb. blue vitriol ; ^ lb. (with some, | lb.) ver- 

 " digris ; i pint of linseed oil ; i quart of tar. The vitriol and 

 " verdigris are pulverized very fine, and many persons, before add- 

 "ing the tar, grind the mixture through a paint-mill. Some use 

 "a decoction of tobacco boiled until thick, in the place of oil." 



" Any of these remedies, and fifty more that might be com- 

 " pounded, simply by combining caustics, stimulants, etc., in 

 " different forms and proportions, will prove sufficient for the ex- 

 *' tirpation of hoof-rot, with proper preparatory and subsequent 

 " treatment. On these last, beyond all question, principally de- 

 *' pends the comparative success of the applications. 



" First. No external remedy can succeed in this malady unless 

 " it comes in contact with all the diseased parts of the foot ; for if 

 " such part, however small, is unreached, the unhealthy and ul- 

 *' cerous action is perpetuated in it, and it gradually spreads over 

 " and again involves the surrounding tissues. Therefore every 

 " portion of the diseased flesh must be denuded of horn, filth, 

 *' dead tissue, pus, and every other substance which can prevent 

 " the application from actually touching it, and producing its 

 " characteristic effects on it. 



" Second. The application must be kept in contact with the dis- 

 " eased surfaces long enough to exert its proper remedial influence. 



