128 ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 



CHAPTER yill. 



RECIPES. 



Scratches. 



A disease which attacks the heels, consisting in an 

 inflammation, swelling-, and consequent chapping discharge 

 of foetid matter, most commonly occasioned either by 

 inflammation of the foot, want of exercise, or b^^ neglect 

 in cleaning or drying the heels carefully. In cases of this 

 kind, exercise is essentially necessar^^ to be assisted by a 

 few applications of my hoof ointment and careful grooming. 

 In inveterate cases, where the disease appears to have 

 become habitual, the eruption is known as grease, and 

 there will be more difficulty in its removal, though the same 

 treatment, generous dieting, good grooming, and regular 

 exercise will tend to recover it. 



For sores like the preceding kind, make applications of 

 my hoof ointment. When the frog is diseased, saturate 

 with a piece of white cotton; press it into the opening in 

 the cleft until it is well filled. The outer surface of the 

 affected parts may be then given a slight coating, to 

 protect the diseased portion from foreign particles of dirt. 



