394 INFLAMMATION OF STRUCTURES ENCLOSED BY THE HOOF. 



Before affixing a shoe to a hoof showing corns, especially 

 when the horse is ' going tender/ the reddened portion of the 

 sole should be thinned. The surrounding parts should then be 

 moderately thinned, so that they may exercise no pressure on 

 the diseased area. The sensitive parts must not, of course, be 

 exposed. 



Eeddish spots caused by bruising sometimes appear at other 

 parts of the sole (bruised sole). The cause is either pressure 

 on the sensitive parts by the horny sole, which has become 

 too thick and hard, or, as is usual, bruising by loose stones. 

 Such bruises may also end in suppuration. The treatment is 

 similar to that of corns. 



The shoes illustrated and described on next page will be found 

 exceedingly useful in many cases of corn. 



