156 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



if the matter or fluid be great, apply the butter of an- 

 timony. Bar- shoes may be put on. They seldom 

 attack the hind-feet. 



Unshod colts are usually perfectly free from this and 

 the last-named disease. 



THE POMIED SOLE, OR FOOT, 



Is the reverse of contraction, and is the result gene- 

 rally of acute inflammation. The quarter may be 

 rasped down, and the toe cut as short as convenient, 

 and the horse may then be turned to grass. Tempo- 

 rary relief may generally be obtained, but a perfect 

 cure can never be effected. Nothing should ever be 

 allowed to press on the pomied portion of the foot. 

 If six months at grass produce no effect, it may be set 

 down as incurable. When the disease has advanced 

 for any length of time the horse becomes useless. 



OF WOUNDS. 



All parts of the horse are liable at some time or other 

 to wounds ; consequently their treatment must greatly 

 depend on their nature and external appearance, for 

 they must vary in a great measure according to the 

 instrument that inflicts the injury, its situation, and 

 extent. Some are easily healed, others are tedious, 

 and at times dangerous ; but on no subject in the ve- 

 terinary science does there exist so much difference 

 of opinion as on treatment of wounds. 



