312 THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



Treatment — The treatment of these forms of laminitis is 

 more tedious, and not attended with as much success as 

 when the disease occurs in the acute form. Poultices 

 should be applied, and a purgative may be given, and 

 followed by diuretics. Potassium iodide is often useful in 

 these varieties of the disease. Counter-irritation applied in 

 the region of the coronet is highly beneficial. Use cold 

 applications, remove the shoes for awhile, and be careful 

 how he is shod, as a great deal depends upon the shoeing. 



Pumiced foot is that condition of the foot in which the 

 coffin-bone descends, in consequence of separation of its 

 attachments, presses upon the sole, and causes it to become 

 more or less convex. This condition occurs as a result of 

 laminitis occurring in the acute or sub-acute forms, and may 

 occur without any well-marked symptoms of pain ever being 

 shown. It may also be caused by improper shoeing, and 

 cutting away the wall too much each time the animal is 

 shod. The os pedis, in some cases, may force its way 

 through the sole, and in such a case there is no alternative 

 but to destroy the patient. 



Treatment.— T\\Q treatment consists of removing the shoes, 

 a free use of hot and cold applications, and the application 

 of poultices. Rest is also very essential. The after-treat- 

 ment consists of shoeing the animal properly, a bar or round 

 shoe being the best to apply, and should be arranged 

 so that the weight will bear altogether upon the wall and 

 frog, and not upon the sole. Such an animal should 

 be used very carefully, and never driven or ridden rapidly, 

 especially on a hard road. He will do very well for work 

 on a farm. 



CORNS. 



A corn consists of a bruise of the sensitive sole and 

 laminated structure of the bars in the angle of the heel, 

 causing a greater or less extravasation of blood, which, if 



