122 OF THE DISEASES 



is usual to pinch it round with the pincers, or to 

 tap it with the hammer. 



It may be as well to put the reader on his guard 

 against a trick sometimes played by a farrier, who, 

 aware that the lameness has arisen from pricking 

 or other carelessness of his own in shoeing, often 

 attempts to screen his own negligence by omitting 

 to pinch or tap with the requisite force the seat of 

 injury. 



Of blister- iQl. A fcw words mav be necessary as to blister- 

 ing I'ound •' •' 



thecoro- ing round the coronet, which has been repeatedly 

 referred to above. 



The object is of course to excite a new and 

 increased growth of horn by acting on the coronary 

 substance or protuberant band of thickened vascular 

 skin extending for about a finger's breadth above 

 the hoof. The blistering liquid should be applied 

 every nine days, until the desired effect has been 

 produced. The horse may be worked throughout. 



It is necessary to mention this, because, simple 

 as it is, the object of blistering this part seems often 

 to be misunderstood, and the liquid is applied over 

 half, or even the whole pastern, and the horse in 

 consequence is obliged to be thrown out of work. 



Diiectioiis 102. To shoe horses with ordinary feet, we would 



for shoeing i r 1 1 • t • i /> • 



ordinary suggcst the loiiowing dircctions to the farrier : — 

 1st. With your drawing knife take off from the 



