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the pastern and pull the foot forwards, backing the animal at the same 

 time and push the displaced bone forwards and slightly downwards into 

 its place. When replaced tie the foot forward either to a surcingle or a 

 rope passed round the neck for 24 hours. 



Capped hock is the same class of injury to the point of the hock as Capped 

 takes place at the point of the elbow when bruised (see capped elbow), hock. 

 It is caused by kicking, and rarely incapacitates the animal for work. 



Heel galls^ from getting the heels over the picket rope or head rope or Heel galls. 

 tied up in the heel rope, may occur in both fore and hind feet, those 

 caused by getting the hind feet over the picket or head rope being much 

 the most severe. They should be cleaned and treated antiseptically. If 

 much inflamed a warm-water bandage will give relief from the pain, and 

 daily exercise should be enforced to ensure the skin being kept supple 

 during the healing process, or it may subsequently crack across as badly 

 as before. They may be prevented by attention to the length of head 

 and heel ropes when picketing. 



Injuries to the Feet. 



Pricks or stabs occur from nails being driven into the sensitive parts Pricks or 

 of the foot or from accidental injury from sharp stones, &c., on the road, stabs. 

 Presses are caused from nails being driven too near the sensitive parts 

 and causing inflammation of them by pressure. 



The symptoms caused by these injuries are lameness, heat of the feet 

 and pain on pressure with pincers ; when very severe the horse may rest 

 the foot on the toe and the pain may be so great that the appetite fails. 

 The cause should be thoroughly searched for as follows :— Press the foot 

 with pincers at intervals of about \\ inches, commencing at one heel and 

 going all round ; then try each side of the frog in the same manner : 

 grip plenty of horn between the pincers and especially try over all the 

 nail holes. Next, clean the horn with the rasp, or take off a thin shave 

 with the knife and see if any injury or coarse nail hole can be detected ; if 

 not, search every nail hole down by removing the horn from its inner 

 side until it is certain that it comes out of the hoof without causing 

 injury. The sole, especially at the seat of corn and both sides and 

 cleft of the frog, should also be cleaned and thoroughly examined when 

 the cause of lameness is suspected to be in the foot and cannot be 

 located easily. 



'''' Matter in the foot^' may result from any penetrating injury, and is a "Matter 



common result of such because generally made by dirty objects which in the 



foot. " 



