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CANKER. 



When a running thrulh has been neglected, and 

 has made its way through the frog, and attacks the 

 jflefliy fole of the horfe's foot, it is called a canker : 

 its tendency to fpread is fuch as to appear as though 

 the part was inoculated with the difeafe, and, unlefs 

 flopped, it very foon deftroys the whole foot. 



The cure mufl be begun by cutting away all the 

 luxuriant fungus, or proud flelh, that appears even 

 with the furface, then fpreading fome butter of an- 

 timony over it; or it may be touched with oil of vi- 

 triol ; or, what very feldora fails, it may be fmeared 

 well over with the 



Strong Paste for Grease [page 24]. When 

 this is done, a firm but regular preiTure muft be ap- 

 plied on the whole furface, by means of crofs bars 

 of iron placed under the fhoe. This mode muft be 

 repeated every other or every third day, till the 

 part is well. 



CATARACT. See Eyes. 



' A COLD. 



A cold, as applied to difeafe, is what in human 

 medicine is termed catarrh, and in old books of far- 

 riery morfoundering; and, when it becomes epidemic, 

 it gains the name of difteraper in horfes, and influ- 

 enza in man. It confifls of an inflammation of the 



