142 RE-SETTING OF SHOES. 



twenty-four hours or more — when cover the part with tow 

 and a preparation of tar and resin, or pitch and common 

 grease. If a nail has been driven into the foot, get the 

 horse to the stable as quick as you can, take off the shoe, 

 poultice the foot, and give a sharp dose of physic, and let 

 the animal stand quietly. The object is to keep down 

 inflammation. No hot oils or anything stimulating is to be 

 applied. 



A little of the digestive ointment may be used after the 

 inflammation goes down to excite a healthy granulating pro- 

 cess, or any cooling astringent. There is liable to be ten- 

 derness if the sole should strike the ground afterwards, as 

 there may be inflammation of the periosteum, to relieve 

 which, put on a high-heeled shoe and blister around the 

 coronet. The sole is sometimes bruised by the shoe press- 

 ing upon it, causing much inflammation and lameness. 

 Take off the shoe, poultice for twenty-four hours or more ; 

 fit the shoe so as to remove all pressure from the sole; if 

 sore yet, continue the poultice ; if matter is formed, treat as 

 you would any such ulcer, with a healing astringent. Sev- 

 eral good preparations are given in another part of this 

 work. 



The difficulty of getting sketches made of the illustrations 

 needed in this and other articles, induced the necessity of 

 copying many of them from Mayhew and others. 



