g52 ON THE FEET. 



green, or precipitate ointment. Poultice the 

 whole foot, if neceflary. This method is lefs 

 painful and more efFeftual, than coring out 

 the gravel with fublimate. 



Bruised Frush, this happens to flefhy 

 frogs or in running thrud^ies. Poultice with 

 ftale beer grounds, &c. ufe the knife judi- 

 cioufly. Detergents, repellents, ftyptics, as be- 

 fore. Our late numerous veterinary writers, 

 copying one fjom the other, feem totally unac- 

 quainted with the natural running thrufh, which 

 the moft perfe6l fhoeing cannot remedy, and to 

 talk of curing which, by prejfure, is pure in- 

 fanity. 



Retrait, Cloying, or Pricking, with 

 Nail, or Stub. The two former are old 

 terms. Retrait is when a horfe is pricked by the 

 fmith, but the error being perceived, the nail is 

 inflantly withdrawn. A horfe . was faid to be 

 cloyed, when the whole nail was driven into 

 the quick, and clenched. This latter cafe, 

 it may be eafily conceived, would not re- 

 main long unattended to; and in a retrait, 

 although the whole of the nail fliould have 

 been withdrawn, a tender-footed horfe may 

 go a little lame, and fuch accidents fhould 

 always be acknowledged by the fmith, who 

 may be by no means in fault. Let the horfe 

 fland in the ftable fome days without fl:ioes, 



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