RUNNING THRUSH. 2G5 



Description, and Method of Cure. 



CHAP. LIT. 



RUNNING THRUSH, 



A RUNNING frush, or thrush, is an iinpas- 

 thume in the frogs of horses feet, from the cleft 

 of which it discharges a corrosive fetid matter. 

 Horses subject to this disease have fleshy heels, 

 ragged, or rotten frogs, which are incapable of 

 giving protection to the more sensible parts of the 

 feet, whence arises that tenderness in the foot we 

 so frequently see. 



The method of cure must Jirst be to pare 

 away the putrid, ragged, or rotten part of the 

 frog; then rub the part with the sharp water 

 (No. 146, p. 229); after which lay on a small 

 pledget of tow, dipped in egyptiacum, upon the 

 thrush, and a pledget dipped in tar, over the 

 whole ; splinter it fast down under the shoe. 



