DISEASES AFFECTING THE FEET 



up nail varies, so does the damage done by 

 it. When the injury is not discovered until 

 some time after it happens, the more likelihood 

 of the trouble assuming a bad form. Suppura- 

 tion is frequent, and unless this is given free 

 exit, it will often break out at the coronet, and 

 in this manner constitute a diseased condition 

 known as quittor, which is, as a rule, a very 

 intractable disease. An interesting feature in 

 connection with picked up nail is the^^ manner 

 in which the nail penetrates the foot, as it 

 usually manages to pass in at the side of the 

 foot-pad, just where it will be likely to do the 

 most injury. In all instances of lameness, the 

 foot should first of all be thoroughly searched, 

 the shoe being removed beforehand. Each nail 

 hole must be pared, and the wall and sole 

 pressed with the pincers, for evidence of tender- 

 ness, or suppuration beneath. If the seat of 

 trouble be found here, or at the foot-pad, the 

 part must be pared out, and the foot put into 

 a pail of hot water, and subsequently a hot 

 poultice applied. As in every other instance 

 of lameness, rest constitutes the essential part 

 of treatment. 



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