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COKNS. TREA TMENT. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



CORNS. 



I OMITTED speaking of corns when treating of diseases 

 of the foot. A corn is generally the result of bad shoe- 

 ing, sometimes arising from a bruise. It is simply a 

 rupture of the delicate blood-vessels of the sensible sole, 



DIAGRAM 



Showing the position of the hindermost 

 part of the coffin-bone when in a pas- 

 sive state ; also portraying the shoe 

 in the fleshy or flat foot. 



Illustrating the relative positions of the 

 wings of the coffin-bone, and the thick, 

 concave, horny sole of the contracted 

 foot when not in motion. 



and is of a semi-fungoid character. The commonplace 

 of cutting them out only affords temporary relief. I do not 



THE SITUATION AND ASPECT OF 

 AN OLD CORN UPON A LARGE. 

 FLAT FOOT. 



THE DEEPLY-SEATED AND SMALL 

 SCARLET SPOT WHICH DECLARES 

 THE PRESENCE OF A NEW CORN. 



like the plan. The horse should be let up for at least a 

 month, his shoes taken off, and turned out to grass, with- 



