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Question. What treatinciU will relieve the lameness of ring bone? 

 A. Keep the toe pared short; shoe with high heel corks and use the 

 following counter-irritant: oil of peppermint one ounce; tincture of bella- 

 donna and tinct iodine, each three and a half ounces; mix and apply once 

 or twice a day. The most certain treatment, is firing or neurotomy. 



Question. What will relieve the lameness of bone spavin? A. The 

 treatment for ring bone applies to this case; viz.: counter-irritants, firing 

 and sciatic neurotomy, are indicated. 



Question. What can I do for quarter-crack? A. Proper balanc- 

 ing of the foot with a bar shoe, cutting out a V-shape of horn from each 

 side of the crack, so there will be no working of the part above or at the 

 coronet. Blister above the crack once a week, for three week and after- 

 wards treat foot as for hoof-bound. 



Question. What can I do for toe crack? A. Same as for quarter 

 crack. 



Question. What is best for a "prick" of the sole? A. In veterinary 

 science this designation has been given to a punctured wound, often 

 with laceration, sometimes with contusions, either of the sole or frog, 

 produced by sharp or cutting bodies; more commonly nails, upon which 

 the animal steps. The form of these bodies, the direction they take, the 

 force with which they penetrate and the parts they enter, give rise to 

 various lesions of varying gravity, as they are older or as the injured part 

 enjoys a greater sensibility. In all cases, the first indication is to get a 

 natural repair. Open up the wound with hoof knife to bottom; giving 

 always good drainage, then absolute rest, warm poultices of flaxseed meal 

 and a little powdered charcoal, for a few days; then cold water baths, in 

 which is added a little acetate of lead or even common salt. By this 

 treatment, the progress of the inflammation is checked and very often 

 -deep and serious wounds cured without injury. 



Question. What can be done for corns in the horse's feet? A. As 

 for the curative treatment of corns, there are four indications to be ful- 

 filled: 1st, remove the cause; 2nd, treat the injury it has produced; 3rd, 

 relieve the pressure upon the diseased region; 4th, prevent the return 

 of the injury. Cold baths to the feet are very usejul in all cases of corns 

 and a bar shoe is a necessity. ^ 



Question. What is hoof-bound feet and the cure? A. Sometimes 

 "hoof-bound" is only a simple deformity without lameness and without 

 serious results. But in most cases it constitutes a very serious affection 

 which renders many horses useless and practically without value. Hoof- 

 bound is commonly associated with corns, navicular disease, punctured 

 wounds, thrush, side bones, any and all articular diseases and heredity. 



Question. What is to be done with hard, dry hoofs? A. Avoid all 

 known causes likely to give rise to this morbid condition of the frog; 

 pare the foot, cutting away all the ragged parts that would cover secre- 

 tions that collect; exposing and thoroughly cleansing first the diseased 

 parts; then poultice a few times with flaxseed meal; then dress with dry- 

 ing powders, such as sub-acetate of lead; powdered alum and tannin. 



