258 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



an ounce, carbolic acid half an ounce, water one 

 quart; bathe the sores with a little of this several 

 times a day to reduce the swelling and if possible 

 to dry up the part. If there is a discharge from 

 little openings, probe them to find the direction 

 and depth, then roll up one grain of bichloride of 

 mercury in a piece of tissue paper and press it into 

 the opening. If there are a number of these treat 

 them alike. In a few days there will be a slough 

 of the unhealthy part and it may then heal. If it 

 does not use the mercury again, and so on until it 

 becomes healthy; then use the above lotion. 

 When it heals, if it should leave the band thick, 

 blister it with cantharides blister as in founder. 

 Give the animal a dose of aloes, to be followed by 

 giving sulphate of iron four ounces, nitrate of po- 

 tassium four ounces, nux vomica two ounces; mix 

 and divide into twenty-four doses, to be given 

 twice daily in bran mash. 



False Quarter. — This is due to a deranged con- 

 dition of the coronary band. The horny wall be- 

 ing secreted by the coronary band, it follows that 

 if a part of it is destroyed, that the part of the wall 

 below it can be no longer supplied with horn. The 

 sensitive laminae supplies in a modified condition 

 a substance to take the place of the horn, but it 

 is usually thin and weak, and has fissures or 

 cracks in it. These cracks are usually wider at 

 the bottom than at the top. This derangement does 

 not always cause lameness, but is very liable to 

 do so, and therefore the horse may be considered 

 unsound. 



