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DISEASES OF THE FEEl. 



^vborGa3, If no clasp or nails be applied, lameness manifests 

 itaelf, from the pinching of the sensitive lamince when the edges 

 of the a-aclc approximate each other at the time the foot is ou 

 the ground, as already explained. It is always necessary to see 

 that no dirt iaisinuatos. itself into the foot through the fissure, 

 and to keep it filled with some firmly adhesive material, such aa 

 gutta-percha. If the growth of horn seem inactive, a slight 

 blister to the coronet will prove useful, by promoting (^ more 

 rapid secretion. At all times, and for sand-cracks in any part of 

 the foot, a bar shoe, if the frog is not diseased and unfit to bear 

 pressure, is usefuL In this, as in all other diseases of the feet, 

 the sole is to remain unpared, and allowed to bear its due fihave 

 of the animal's weight. "NMien the crack is at the quarter a 

 three-quartered bar shoe, to remove weight from it, is to be 

 Tecomm.cnded. 



KERATOMA. 



The two following woodcuts, fac-similes of specimens in my 

 possession, will illustrate this condition of the foot:^ — 



Fio. 73. 



Fig, 7i. 



Tio. 73. — Ilomy foot, showing at a horn tumonr. 



Vio. 74. — Pedal Ixuio of eamo foot, ehowiiig a cavity at its 'toe corresponding la 

 tlie horu tumour iu Fig. 73. 



