CORNS. ni) 



has been thoroughly thinned down, so as to stimulate the 

 parts to throw out a fresh secretion of healthy horny 

 substance. 



In bad cases of corns, where the inflammation has ren- 

 dered the parts very sensitive, a bar-shoe will be of service, 

 so chambered, that there will be no pressure on the part 

 affected. This may be kept on for a couple of months 

 or so, but not longer, as in removing one complaint it might 

 induce another ; for few frogs could bear the constant 

 pressure of the bar-shoe ; and the heel being subjected 

 to no pressure while they are used, may induce a soft 

 and bulbous condition of the heel, which would be the cause 

 of constant lameness. 



In a majority of instances corns are either confined to 

 the inner quarter of the foot, or crust, caused in conse- 

 quence of contraction being generally seated in the inner 

 quarter. The shoe being left free on the inner side, if 

 a corn exists there, may prove of much advantage if the 

 country is not too heavy, or if the horse is not required 

 to perform rapid movements. 



If corns have once existed to a considerable extent, they 

 are liable to return ; therefore, before shoeing, the seat of 

 the corn should be well pared out, and the chloride of 

 antimony well rubbed on it. The seated shoe (which we 

 have described in our chapter on shoeing) should be used, 

 with a web sufficiently thick to cover the situation of 

 the corn, and extending as far back as possible without 

 producing injury to the frog. When the horn has grown 

 to some extent, if the horse is turned out to grass with 

 a bar-shoe in the first instance, and afterwards with a shoe 

 fastened on one side only, or with tips, it will frequently 

 prove of much service. 



In all cases where horses have low, weak heels, tlie/ 



