DISEASES OF THE FEET. 



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should be carefully removed with the knife and the skin brought 

 back to its original position and retained there by bandages. In 

 some cases it may be necessary to strip off part of the wall. 

 When the discharge ceases and the wound heals, the slight ten- 



Fig. 68 — Quittor. 



Fig. 69 — Bruise of Sensitive Sole. An indi- 

 cation of foot lameness. 



derness that remains may be removed by a vesicant. The can- 

 tharides blister has proven to be tlie best in all foot lamenesses. 

 Quittor is an unsoundness in all its stages. 



BRUISE OF THE SENSITIVE SOLE. 



Bruise of the sensitive sole may occur in many ways, and is 

 shown by lameness. Heat is present and there is more or less 

 extravasation of blood. On tapping or pinching, the animal 

 evinces pain 



Treatment. — Remove the shoe and thin the sole to a certain 

 extent. Apply poultices and fomentations. Keep the foot 

 moist for a day or two, give rest, and as a rule he quickly re- 

 covers. 



