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Treatmetit. 



If possible, sling the horse. Warm fomentation and poultices to 

 foot for six days. Remove shoe very gently. Laxative food. 

 If very bad, bleed from toe. When better, shoe with leather 

 and give walking exercise on soft ground for two months. 

 Tincture of aconite in small but repeated doses may be given 

 at first as a febrifuge. 



Let foot rest in puddle of mud and water for several hours a day. 

 Shoe with leather and get frog pressure. Apply coronet oint- 

 ment. Don't expect perfect cure. Any hard work will bring 

 on lameness. 



Incurable Better destroy the horse. 



Pare away the hoof till no crack is left, after soaking it in warm 

 water. Apply carbolic acid first, and then hoplemuroma 

 steadily. Shoe with flat plate turned up at toe. Rub on 

 coronet ointment. Don't work the horse violently. 



No cure. Use bar-shoe or one with a broad web. Horse may go 

 on working steadily for years. 



Clean crack with sponge, dry thoroughly. With file or hot iron 

 make small nick below (and above also if possible) the crack to 

 stop it. Rub in hoplemuroma, bind hoof tightly with cord or 

 tape, or an artificial clasp, if one can be obtained. Apply 

 coronet ointment to accelerate fresh horn. Work must be 

 light, but rest is best. 



Watch shoeing carefully. Sole to be thinned, heels lowered. 

 Shoe must fit properly, with only 2 or even 1 nail on inner side 

 and 3 on outer side. Bars and frog must not be cut away. Shoe- 

 ing with tips only (to be removed and replaced twice as often 

 as ordinary shoes) for a few months is desirable. 



