HUNTERS 



CORNS 



The hunter is an occasional sufferer from 

 "corn," which consists of a bruise to the 

 sensitive structures beneath the horny sole. 

 The inner quarter of the sole, on one or both 

 fore feet, is the usual situation for corn to make 

 its appearance. Faulty shoeing predisposes to 

 this injury. Sometimes the part festers. Lame- 

 ness is usually present. Remove shoe and pare 

 the sole. 



PUNCTURE OF THE FOOT 



This is an injury that occasionally occurs at 

 the shoeing forge, but considering the large 

 number of horses shod, it is exceptional rather 

 than otherwise. In some instances, the injury 

 is the result of carelessness, in others, unavoid- 

 able, either through thinness of the hoof-wall, 

 separation of the latter, or else restlessness of 

 the animal during the time that the nails are 

 being driven. Injuries by " picked up nail " are 

 of rather frequent occurrence, and many serious 

 results have followed accidents of this kind. 

 The direction of the wound inflicted by a picked 



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