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kinds of work, jet there generally will remain some degree 

 of tenderness in the part, and may produce lameness when 

 the shoe is allowed to press on it ; or when the horse is 

 subjected to hard work, lameness may return. 



TREAD, OR OVERREACH. 



This is nearly connected with false quarter, and compre- 

 hends wounds and bruises of the coronet, usually the effect 

 of the horse either setting one foot upon the other, which 

 not unfrequently happens in the hind feet ; or in the fore 

 feet, by the hind foot overreaching the heel when in rapid 

 action and wounding it. 



Remedies. — Although this is not in general a very serious 

 injury, yet it should be immediately and carefully attended 

 to. The first thing is to wash out any dirt or sand which 

 may have got into the wound, and dry the part thoroughly 

 with a cloth. After which a pledget of tow, wetted with 

 Friar's balsam, should be firmly bound over the wound, 

 which usually proves a speedy cure. If the wound is large 

 or deep, then it may be a necessary precaution to poultice 

 the part for one or two days before digestive ointment 

 or Friar's balsam is applied. 



It sometimes happens that a soft tumour will form on 

 the part. This must be poulticed and brought to suppura- 

 tion. When the whole of the matter has been discharged, 

 the sides of the ulcer should be washed with a weak solution 

 of blue vitriol, (sulphate of copper,) which will have the 

 effect of expediting granulation of the parts ; and a pledget 

 of tow which has been dipped in Friar's balsam will soon 

 effect a cure. 



Ignorant farriers are frequently in the habit of applying 

 caustic to wounds of the feet. This should on no account 

 be permitted, as it is very apt to. injure the coronary liga- 



