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formed ; and it will sometimes be necessary to remove the 

 whole capsule. Every hidden channel which may be present 

 should be sounded, oj^ened and laid bare. If the wound 

 becomes covered with blood during the operation, as is com- 

 monly the case, it should be frequently dried with tow. If 

 a single diseased place remain from which the horn is not 

 removed, a cure cannot be expected. After cutting away 

 the whole or a part of the horny capsule, it is always neces- 

 sary to apply a bandage to protect the hoof from dangerous 

 external irritation. 



The foot thus thoroughly prepared, the next step is to 

 apply a caustic. Of these, very many have been suggested. 

 Colonel Randall prefers to everything else a hot saturated 

 solution of sulphate of copper (common blue vitriol). He fills 

 a large, shallow tank with water, to the depth of four inches, 

 and has each sheep stand ten minutes in it, or, in bad cases, 

 longer. The solution is kept as hot as the hand can bear it, 

 by the addition of boiling water, saturated with the vitriol. 

 This he extols as the most certain, the easiest and the cheap- 

 est remedy he has ever tried. 



For the same reasons INIr. Clok praises chloride of lime 

 (common bleaching powder). After paring the foot, he 

 covers it with the chloride, and fills the cleft with a piece of 

 tow, whose ends are twisted into a small cord and fastened 

 around the pastern joint. This forms a soft and tightly 

 fittmg bandage. The hoofs are inspected daily for some time, 

 and the chloride renewed if necessary. Two or three appli- 

 cations may be required. In malignant cases, before apply- 

 ing the chloride, he would bathe the parts with — 



No. 398. Creasote, 1 part. 



Alcohol, 4 parts. 



For a foot wash. 



Of the many other applications popular in rot, we give 

 some examples, premising with the remark that any one of 



