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to remove more than will let the matter out. Put 

 on a poultice to reduce the fever, then treat as for 

 nail in the foot. 



Pricks in Shoeing. — In driving the nail in shoe- 

 ing it may penetrate the sensitive sole, or it may 

 be so close to it as to cause a pressure on the sen- 

 sitive part. When a horse is pricked in shoeing 

 the animal will jerk his foot away from the smith, 

 the nail is drawn out, but the sensitive sole is 

 wounded. The animal may go lame or it may not. 

 When the nail is too closely driven to the quick, 

 causing a slight bulge of the horny part against 

 the sensitive, there may be no lameness when the 

 horse leaves the shop, but in a day or two the ani- 

 mal becomes lame. In all cases in which a horse 

 becomes lame, at or soon after being shod, and if 

 no other cause is apparent, it will be necessary to 

 have the shoe removed and the foot put into a 

 poultice for a few days to remove the soreness. In 

 cases of pricks it may be necessary, if the animal 

 remains lame after the foot has been poulticed, to 

 pare the part where the nail punctured to allow 

 any matter that may have formed to escape. Re- 

 place the poultice again for a few days. By at- 

 tending to this properly you may save the animal 

 much suffering and yourself much loss, as I have 

 seen several cases of lock-jaw caused by pricks by 

 the nail in shoeing, which, if they had been attend- 

 ed to at once, could have been saved. It will be 

 necessary to put on a bar shoe in order to remove 

 weight from the injured part and have it rest on 

 the frog and sound part of the foot. 



