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any one who knows the relative situation of the veins, ar- 

 teries and nerves ; but no one who is not accustomed to the 

 knife should attempt the operation. 



ADMINISTRATION OF CHLOROFORM. 



Chloroform may be given to the horse. By me^ns of a 

 nose-bag- it may easil^^ be introduced into his system, by 

 which he is rendered wholly insensible to pain ; but the 

 veterinary surg-eon should always have the control of so 

 active an ag-ent. 



CORNS. 



There are several forms in Avhich these troublesome 

 g-rowths manifest themselves, thoug-h their cause and lo- 

 cation are g'enerally the same. 



The seat of corns is always in the sole of the foot, or its 

 lower connection Avith the wall in the posterior portion of 

 the hoof, at or in the angie made by the wall in its return 

 to form the bars. 



The primary cause of all corns in the horse's foot is an 

 uneven ground surface, resulting either from the improper 

 leveling of the foot by the farrier or its previous neglect. 

 Let the foot alwa^^s be pared level, and the shoe properly 

 adjusted to the wall, and corns will find no abiding place in 

 feet possessed of these conditions. 



Hard corns are a fungoid growth upon the inner sole, at 

 its junction with the horn}^ laminaB, and lie beneath, as well 

 as at the side and rear of the foot bone. This substance 

 bears some resemblance and is analogous to the corn of the 



