< b DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



long before the shoes are removed, or before the foot has 

 grown from the shoes. Corn is an anajogical term, al- 

 though bearing no resemblance to that well known affec- 

 tion of the feet of man. 



Treatment. — Remove the corns by cutting them out; 

 then apply a few drops of commercial sulphuric acid to 

 the part. Shoe the horse sufficiently often to insure 

 even bearing to the shoe upon the wall only of the foot. 



(4.) False Quarter. — This is a term applied to the 

 horn or portion of the hoof, which overlaps or bulges 

 out a little from the line of the sound portion of the hoof. 



Causes. — An injury to the coronet or ligament, which 

 secretes, or from which the hoof grows. This causes an 

 alteration of the horn of the hoof below, and correspond- 

 ing to the extent of the injury. 



Treatment. — As there w^ill be an enlargement, more 

 or less, remaining after an injury to the coronet, little 

 will be required to be done, but to keep the horn as level 

 with the hoof proper as possible in order to make it look 

 less of an eye-sore. 



(5.) Inflammation of the Foot. — (See Founder.) 



Pricks. — Pricks may occur in the act of shoeing, or 

 from a nail being picked up on the street, and from 

 other hard-pointed substances. 



Treatment. — Pull the nail out, and poultice the foot 

 for twenty-four hours ; then make an opening through 

 the horn over the place where the nail went in, so as to 

 allow the pus to escape. For, if this be not done, and 

 the pus is left in the foot, it will in a few days, and at a 

 great expense of suffering to the horse, break out be- 

 tween the hoof and the hair, constituting quittor. After 

 an opening has been properly made, drop five drops of 



