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with the heel of the shoe. When a horse becomes very lame 

 from a corn, it will be advisable to leave off the shoe for a short 

 time, and apply a large bran poultke. When tenderness is per- 

 ceived about the coronet, and a little matter is seen oozing out 

 from the horn at the heel, it should be pared away, that the mat- 

 ter may escape freely. The exposed part may be dressed at 

 first with a solution of blue or white vitriol ; afterwards with 

 tincture of myrrh, or friar's balsam." 



BRUISE OF THE SOLE. 



Horses, in travelling over hard, uneven roads, are very apt to 

 cast a shoe. The sole then, being unprotected, becomes bruised, 

 and by the time the horse has arrived at home, or at the nearest 

 smith's, he is quite lame. On making an examination of the foot, 

 it will be found hot and painful. The best remedies, in view of 

 immediate relief, are rest and cold water. The latter may be 

 applied by means of a piece of flannel, tied fringe-like, but loose, 

 around the fetlock, and kept constantly wet. It is probable that, 

 in cold weather, rest alone will perform a cure ; if it should not, 

 immerse the foot in tepid water twice a day. 



THRUSH. 



Thrush, or, as some call it, frush, is a disease of the horse's 

 hoof very prevalent in the United States ; it is a disease so well 

 known among horsemen that any description of it seems super- 

 fluous. Its diagnostic symptoms are, foetid odor, and morbid 

 exudation from the frog, accompanied with softening of the same. 

 For a common thrush, which does not occasion lameness, the 

 remedy is cleanliness : let the feet be washed night and morning, 

 and occasionally immersed in salt and water ; the trouble will then 

 disappear. In inveterate cases of this kind, our object must be to 

 prevent decomposition — in the use of antiseptics: a charcoal 

 poultice now and then, and the free use of pyroligneous acid, and 

 salt, are the best means. A few doses of the following compo- 

 sition will also be needed : sassafras, sulphur, salt, and charcoal, 

 equal parts. Dose, one ounce daily. A dressing of fir balsam 



