306 CYCLOPEDIA OF lilVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



Dress the wound with this three times a day, washing it as often as 

 necessary to keep it clear of pus. If the wound is inclined to gape open, 

 continue the bandage a few days. 



If the calk is in the coronet, running down under the hoof, it will fes- 

 ter, and pus will accumulate and cause great lameness ; the part will 

 swell, and will be red, hot and tender to the touch ; the lameness being 

 so great in some cases as to prevent the animal putting the foot to the 

 ground at all. 



Pare away all ragged edges, and as much of the hoof, following the 

 sore down, as confines any pus ; remove any hair or other foreign matter 

 that may have got into it ; then apply a poultice, after dressing with the 

 carbolic lotion. No. 6. Change the poultice twice a day, using the car- 

 bolic lotion each time, and examine the wound carefully to ascertain if 

 there is a sack or pocket containing pus below where it is pared out. 

 The hoof needs to be reduced to the bottom of the wound and kept so. 

 Continue the poultice until the hole fills up, and the lameness is nearly or 

 quite gone ; then discontinue the poultice and dress three times a day 

 with the White lotion. No. 7. 



Lay the horse up till the wound is well enough not to be injured by 

 sand getting into it. If any proud flesh springs up, burn it down with 

 burnt alum. 



When the hoof is growing down, apply a mild blister of flies to the 

 coronet, and trim the new growth from time to time to keep it smooth. 



The flesh which fills up the hole in the hoof must be kept down even 

 with the deep edge of the old hoof, otherwise the edges press against 

 the flesh and prevent it from healing. 



Vn. Fraotare of the Bone of the Foot. 



Causes. — This does not occur very often, but we see it occasionally. 

 It is caused by striking the foot with great force against any hard sub- 

 stance, especially if the foot receives the blow on the quarter. The bone 

 of the foot may also be fractured by being run over with a loaded wagon ; 

 or by being stepped on by a heavy horse, the foot coming on the top of 

 the hoof in front breaks the pyramidal process, (the point rising from 

 (he center of the coffin bone.) 



How to Know it. — Extreme lameness comes on suddenly, soon after 

 the accident, and increases with time. The foot swells around the coro- 

 net, and is very tender, and the horse will not put any weight on it at all. 



What to do. — Remove the shoe and ascertain, if possible, the location 

 of the injury by pressure, tapping and pinching ; then pare or file away 



