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recent cases, long rest and refrigerant treatment sometimes check 

 inflammation and assist repair. The horse may be turned out to 

 graze in a meadow with a clay bottom, where the soil is always moist. 

 If kept in a box soft bedding, like sawdust, tan-bark, or peat, should 

 be provided, and the feet kept moist ; thoroughly paring the hoof, 

 so as to assist the action of cold moist applications, is useful. 



Fig. 519. — Straight seton needle. 



Fig. 520. — Curved seton needle. 



Shortening the toe and shoeing with " tips " is also of value. The 

 presumed efficacy of bleeding (recommended by Turner and Goodwin) 

 and of frog-setons (Sewell) depends on errors in diagnosis. In recent 

 cases, the rest rendered necessary by setoning assists repair, but 

 Brauell rightly questions the curative action of setons. Continued 

 rest is known to alleviate the lameness, and is sometimes resorted 

 to by horse-dealers preparatory to sale. Frog-setons were first 

 recommended by Sewell, who constructed a special sharply-curved 

 needle with a handle and sharp point (Fig. 520) for the purpose of 



