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corn entirely disappear after a second or third shoeing. This, 

 then, is the rationale of the cure for corn whether it be on one 

 or both sides of the foot. 



CONCOMITANTS OF CONTRACTION. 



The cessation of lameness will depend upon the extent to 

 which the muscles of the limb have become involved in the 

 atrophied condition. The attachment of the expanding shoe 

 is the same as described in contraction, the difference being 

 in the mode of preparing the foot. The objective point in the 

 treatment of corn is to remove the angular, and restore the 

 rounded form of the inflection. To do this effectively and 

 promptly, the bar must be cut down upon, freely, and the dis- 

 colored horn pared away until it is not prudent to proceed 

 further without drawing blood. The wall must be left flush to 

 the shoe, so that when the latter is expanded, the former will go 

 with it. 



Depending upon the mildness or severity of the affection, 

 and as before stated, the extent of atrophy of the shoulder and 

 other muscles of the limb will be the time necessary for the 

 elimination of this source of suffering to the unfortunate vic- 

 tim so many false theories. 



Usually one or two shoeings are sufficient, but occasionally 

 an unusually bad case may require several shoeings, and stimu- 

 lant applications to the shoulder, frequently repeated, before 

 corn and its effects can be completely eradicated. 



NO BAR-SHOES NECESSARY FOR THE CURE OF CORN. 



No bar-shoe of any kind whatever is needed in this process 

 of treatment, and the animal's services can be utilized generally 

 after the first few days, exercise being beneficial to the repara- 

 tive processes of the muscular tissues of the shoulder. 



SUPPURATING CORN. 



Sometimes called "Festered Corn' or " Bastard Quittor," 

 it but an aggravated result of the same general causes that pro- 

 duce the Dry Com. The immediate cause of the suppurating 



