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Causes. — Bad stable management and neglect ; 

 dirty stable floor ; feet not picked out ; also oc- 

 casionally due to paring of the feet or high- 

 heeled shoes, so that the work and pressure 

 necessary to maintain the frog in health is not 

 obtained. 



Treatment. — In trivial cases, when the horse is 

 to be kept in work, some Stockholm tar run into 

 the cleft once a week will prove beneficial. In 

 severe cases, after the part has been cleansed, a 

 piece of tow saturated with a lotion composed of 

 a mixture of one part carbolic acid to twenty 

 parts of water thrust into the cleft, and renewed 

 night and morning for some days, will prove 

 effectual. In chronic thrush it may be necessary 

 to shoe the horse \vith tips, as, if the disease has 

 not gone too far, the wear and pressure will prob- 

 ably cause the foot to again become sound and 

 strong. 



WOUXDS 



All flesh wounds should be carefully cleansed 

 with warm water to remove all particles of dirt, 

 etc., and should be dressed with carbolic ointment 

 or lotion. The same treatment applies to broken 

 knees, and, in addition, a fold of lint kept con- 



