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Apply tow impregnated with the following every fourth day : Fish 

 oil lib., oil of tar 3oz., sugar of lead -^-oz. A healthy secretion 

 will be established in a fortnight, provided the whole of the 

 diseased parts have been exposed. A frequent stimulant to the 

 coronet would be an advantage. Or by removing the false secretion 

 only, and pouring the above mixture warm into the cavity, after- 

 wards inserting the tow. Apply a shoe with one or two clips to 

 grip firmly the detached crust. 



No. 2. — The shoe must be taken off in order to ascertain what 

 progress the disease has made, as well as to admit of the removal of 

 such parts of the hoof as it shall appear requisite to cut away, viz., 

 the undermined horn, as no reunion can take place between the 

 outer and inner crust. Fill up the hollow space thus made with a 

 plug of tar and tow, and avoid driving the nails near the affected 

 parts. The shoe best adapted for a seedy toe is a bar-shoe. If 

 rest can be given, blister round the coronet in addition to the above 

 treatment. 



No. 3. — Carefully clean out every particle of sand and dirt from 

 the cavity between the hoof and sensible part of the foot, wash well 

 out with water by means of a goose -quill feather, then fill up the 

 cavity carefully with tow, and if possible avoid putting a nail through 

 the part of the hoof affected. Eepeat this process every time the 

 shoe is removed, and in time the hoof will unite with the foot. 

 Keeping the feet moist will hasten the process by accelerating the 

 growth of the hoof ; and apply a mixture of one part of tar, one part 

 of spirit of turpentine, and four parts of olive oil, by means of 

 a small brush to the coronet immediately above the hoof, for the 

 purpose of increasing its growth. All the defective horn should 

 be first removed from the "seedy toe." 



SIDE-BONE. 



Side-bone is the ossification of the lateral cartilages of the foot. 

 The long-continued application of the biniodide of mercury is the 

 most likely means to get rid of the bony growth, by absorption. 

 Mix two drachms with an ounce of lard, and rub in a little every 

 day over the enlargement. Firing is the most effective remedy, but 

 in cases where the lameness is trifling, tr}^ the effects of cold lotions, 

 followed by friction with stimulating liniments or blisters of biniodide 

 of mercury ointment, before the more severe method is adopted. In 

 very old cases, where a horse is rendered quite useless in consequence 

 of the excessive lameness, benefit has been obtained from a division 

 of the nerves above the fetlock joint. 



