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CONTRACTION, OR DROP SOLE, WITH SORENESS 



AT THE TOE. 



Shoe as previously directed, and rasp or 

 cut the sole and wall at the toe into a slight- 

 ly hollow shape, so that you could pass a 

 knife-blade between the hoof and shoe. The 

 object of this is to relieve the hoof from pres- 

 sure at this point. In cases where the toe is 

 thin and weak, or where there is inflammation 

 extending to the point of the frog, remove as 

 much of the sole pressing against the frog as 

 seems feasible, and level the toe-calk, so that 

 the horse will bear upon the frog and side- 

 calks. 



It is often well to free a shrunken frog 

 from the binding growth of sole that has 

 closed in upon it, and in cases of contraction, 

 where this is done, a horse will recover the 

 action of the frog with less difficulty than 

 where that organ is sole-bound. * 



THRUSH, 



This is a filthy, fetid disease of the frog. 

 By many veterinary writers it is attributed 

 entirely to damp stables, general nasty con- 



