Diseases of the Appendages of the Skin. 239 



False Quarter. 



the pasterns; febrifuges, 1, 2, or drench No. 3. When 

 fever and inflammation are removed, put on thin flat 

 shoes, turn into a loose-box, supplying a laxative diet, 

 and rub in embrocation, No. 3 ; later, No. 4. Dress the 

 hoof daily with tar ointment, and forbid the ruinous use 

 of the knife and rasp in shoeing." See Chap. XXIX. 



Carbuncle of the Coronet. — Treat as advised for 

 carbuncle, page 236, and stimulate the wounds with 

 caustic potash, nitrate of silver, &c. ; astringent lotions. 



False Quarter consists of alternate ribs and furrows, 

 in the quarter of the hoof usually, 

 owing to deficient secretion de- 

 pending upon injury and destruc- 

 tion of the coronet by abscess, 

 carbuncle, &c. The hoof is shelly 

 and weak, and lameness is often 

 of a recurrent nature. 



Treatment. — Remove pressure 

 from the affected part by judicious 

 reduction of the ground surface of the wall, and apply 

 a bar shoe, utilising the frog as a weight-bearer. The 

 animal should be taken to the farm, or worked on soft 

 roads, if possible, as town pavement will greatly diminish 

 his usefulness. 



Sandcrack. — This is an open crack or fissure in the 

 wall of the hoof, running from the 

 top downwards, the result of defect 

 in secretion, or severe strain, and 

 other causes which interfere with 

 hoof formation. Lameness of vari- 

 able character is present, sometimes 

 accompanied with oozing of blood 

 from the crack during motion. 

 The accident is aggravated by 

 the insinuation of wet, grit, &c. 



Treatment. — Reduce local pain by poultices or fomen- 

 tations, the shoe being first removed, and combat sys- 



* For information in this department see " The Horse Owner 

 and Stableman's Companion." London and New York : F. Warne 

 & Co. Price is. 



Sandcrack. 



