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the result ; when there is tread or overreach injuring this 

 delicate tissue we have excessive suppuration, and in bad 

 cases false and excessive granulations which sometimes defy 

 all treatment ; when the laminae is the seat of inflammation 

 from overwork or other cause we have founder, fever in the 

 feet, or more properly laminitis — this disease, if neglected, 

 may terminate in seedy-toe or pumiced foot. 



When the sensitive sole is pricked slightly, we have inflam- 

 mation of the tissue which may end in necrosis, or tetanus ; 

 bruise of sole leads to corns; other lesions of the sole are 

 thrush and canker. 



Injuries of the sensitive frog, whether by puncture or 

 otherwise, cause quittor; in general the seat of this disease 

 is the frog ; the product of the inflammation is forced up- 

 wards, and forms an outlet above the side of the hoof, which 

 has received the absurd name of "quittor." The patho- 

 logical name for quittor is fibro-chondritis. 



Besides these there are diseases of the navicular bone and 

 ossification of the lateral cartilages. The cause, symptoms, 

 and mode of treatment indicated in each of these diseased 

 conditions will be explained separately in their proper place. 



Each and all of these vascular and delicate tissues are 

 subject to disease from various injuries. When we reflect 

 on the various kinds of severe work horses have to perform, 

 the kind of roads they have to travel over, and the abominable 

 styles of shoes in vogue in many cities, we can hardly be 

 surprised at the result. As to the roads, they seem to have 

 been constructed for the special purpose of breaking springs 

 of carriages and permanently injuring the feet of horses. 

 The shoes with which horses are shod are far too heavy, and 

 too often the foot is made to fit the shoe, and not the shoe 

 adapted to the particular shape of the foot. 



Horses are trained to such different kinds of exercise and 

 work, and, as a general rule, do not lie down as composedly 

 as other animals, so that the feet seldom have a chance of 

 that rest and relief which tired nature demands. We have 



