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DISEASES AND TH]'UTl TJiEAT3IEN'.l.\ 



ing- tissues, and at last working its way to tlie coronet, wliere it 

 bursts, producing' a very troublesome disease, and requiring both 

 patience and perseverance to efF(^ct a cure. 



Symptoms. — Tt is recogjiized by tlie small aperture at the 

 coronet, which seems almost overgrown Avith "proud flesh." The 

 discharge is glary and constant. On examining it with a probe, 

 sinuses are found ]-uiuiing in. all directions. The (piarter is en- 

 larged and bulging, and the laineness severe and protracted. 



As I cannot do better than give the treatment used by Mr. 



Gamgee,* which is recognized 

 as the very best, I will give it 

 in full :— * 



"After taking off the shoe, 

 and doing all that is necessary 

 to the hoof, I prepare to inject a 

 mixture, for the pharmaceutical 

 combination of which I saj^" noth- 

 ing, though I can say a great 

 deal for its practical efficiency. 

 To prepare the mixture, take 

 bichloride of mercury, one 

 drachm; rectified spirit, one 

 ounce; after rubbing and dissolv- 

 ing the sublimate in the spirit, 

 add half a drachm of liquor 



,, ^,,„ , ., , , i)lumbi acetatis. By means of a 



IiG. big. — An ideal representation of a "^ i, . t ,- 



'■ small synni2-e, elastic fi^um, or 



loot sliowine: bad condition . •j.i n j. i j 



^ peuter, Avith small tube two jn- 



°^ '^"*"°''- ■ ches in length, and bulbous end, 



] inject the mixture dowai the sinus. This requires to l)e carefully 

 but very effectxially done. The direction of tlie syringe must there- 

 fore bo changed from the verticalto the oblique, in botli a forward 

 and backward direction, the object being to infiltrate the mass as far 

 as it can be penetrated by the innumerable small siinises converging 

 to the outer channel. To do this part well, one strong man is better 

 than s(^veral hands, if the horse's head be held steady, and an assist- 

 ant luind tlie instruments, etc. 1 take the liorse's foot fomvai-d upon 

 my knee, and, as a rule, succeed in performing the operation with- 

 out giving much pain to cause the horse to resist; though difficulty, 

 requiring a little excejitional care, may occasionally occur when 

 previous treatment nud torture have been resorted to. Now for 

 the effect that follows: The foot is released and placed on the 

 ground, and once or twice the animal stamps, indicating that a 



*Josepk Gamgee, former!)' profespor in the new Veterinary College, Edin- 

 burgh, Scotland. 



