Seedy Toe ; its Treatment. 133 



you can between the sole and the crust ; cut 

 away the crust to prevent it breaking, then 

 pour into the affected part — 



Carbolic acid 1 part. 



Sweet oil 3 parts. 



Dip a piece of tow into the oil, and fill the hole 

 with it, then put on the shoe, and in two or 

 three times dressing the foot will have become 

 sound. I had a patient last summer, an ass, 

 which had its hoofs entirely eaten away with 

 disease of the seedy toe type. I dressed its feet 

 firstly with pure carbolic acid, the next day I 

 dressed them with carbolised oil, filling the space 

 between the little outside horn it had left with 

 tow, and turned it out into the field. In twice 

 dressing I had killed the fungus, and now its 

 feet are perfectly sound. Perhaps some of my 

 readers who have seedy toe among their horses 

 will place a portion of the bad hoof under a 

 powerful microscope, and ascertain if my theory 

 as to fungus is correct ; but, let it be fungus 

 or what it may, it cannot stand carbolic acid. 

 My reason for first trying the acid was that it 

 possesses the power to prevent decomposition 

 and destroying minute animal and vegetable 

 organism. Perhaps other substances possessing 

 similar properties may be as effective in seedy 

 toe, but the writer, being satisfied that he can 

 cure every case of seedy toe that comes under 

 his care with carbolic acid, is quite content with- 

 out further experiment. 



