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night take all the cloths off: this will prevent scalding, 

 and falling off of the hair. 



Warm water should be applied the same way as cold. 



Either cold or warm fomentations should be continued 

 for a time to get their benefits. It will be well to re- 

 member, that when the cloths are allowed to become dry, 

 an opposite reaction is immediately set up. Cold is fol- 

 lowed by increased warmth in the parts. Warmth is fol- 

 lowed by cold. This should be well understood, for in 

 my opinion cold applications, with absolute and entire 

 rest, are the only and best agents for the speedy and 

 sure cure of sprains in whatever part of the legs or 

 body. 



Foot Diseases. 



(1.) Canker in the Foot. — Happily, this is a rare af- 

 fection, because it is not easy managed from the peculiar 

 tendency in the horse's foot to grow and produce proud 

 flesh, of which this is the essential principle of the affec- 

 tion. Canker in the foot of a horse may be said to be a 

 foot deprived of a part of its sole, and in its stead a fun- 

 gus takes its place. Difficult to keep down level with 

 the remaining portion of the sole. And not only that 

 have we to change this disposition in the foot to throw 

 out this material, but induce this material to secrete or 

 produce a new sole. This is the difficulty to be experi- 

 enced in the treatment of this affection. Nevertheless, 

 cases, and very hard ones, too, have been cured, but not 

 in a day, nor a week, but months. 



Causes. — Injuries to the sensitive sole by nails, bruises, 

 and other accidents, as a piece of the sole being torn ofi*. 



Treatment. — Removal of any diseased or dead sole, 

 and the proud flesh. For this purpose, the knife will 

 have to be used to remove the dead sole, and, if it be in 



