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for months has been bestowed upon them. A paucit}^ of horn alike 

 subjects feet to corns, because even slight pressure will immediately 

 bruise the heel. 



Sometimes the shoes get loose, and separate from the heels, in 

 which cases mechanical agents, such as gravel, flints, &c., get be- 

 tween the shoe and the foot, and set up inflammation of the part, 

 which results in corn. 



In treating corn, the first step to be taken is the removal of the 

 cause, and then to cut down upon the disease and let out the 

 extravasated blood. If contraction be present, the heels should, in 

 addition, be carefully thinned, and a shoe should be placed upon 

 the foot, so adapted as to be laid off the injured part. In addition 

 stimulate the parts by dressing them daily with hydrochloric acid 

 and water — a teaspoonful of the former to half a pint of the latter — 

 and fill the aperture with a piece of tow ; afford greater protection 

 by means of a larger web, or plenty of cover to the shoe ; and pare 

 away from time to time such pieces of horn as by undue growth 

 cause pressure. Corns, unless cured soon after their appearance, 

 ever afterwards, unless continually and carefully attended to, become 

 a source of irritation, and the consequent cause of lameness. 



COUGH. 



For cough in a horse give rest, and feed nightly on a bran mash 

 and carrots, and administer a ball containing ^dr. of the iodide of 

 iron and the same quantity of belladonna. Or administer 2dr. of 

 assafoetida and -Jdr. of the extract of henbane, to be administered 

 daily. 



In cases of chronic cough much benefit is derived from daily doses 

 (4oz.) of cod liver oil. You may also give the iodide of sulphur every 

 second day, made into a ball with linseed meal and honey. Or try 

 5gr. of white arsenic mixed up with some bran and sliced carrots, 

 twice a day. 



Some practitioners advise to administer -l-dr. henbane three times 

 a da,j. Give it either on the animal's tongue so that it may dissolve, 

 or give it in a bran mash. Feed freely on carrots and keep the 

 bowels gently open. Where the cough and cold is but slight, give 

 him mashes with scalded linseed every night, dissolving in the 

 water -|oz. of nitre. Take nearly all the corn away, and if the 

 bowels are confined give a gentle dose of ph3^sic after the mashes 

 have had time to soften the dung. Or, administer every other day 

 a ball, containing Idr. of aloes, ^dr. of digitalis, and |dr. of extract 

 of henbane, made up with common mass. 



