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from its place, descending against the sole, and in some bad 

 cases producing hernia of that bone. This protrusion or 

 bulging of the sole is called pumiced foot. 



Treatment. — In this instance is purely mechanical. No 

 art of man can restore the anatomical structure of the parts, 

 but the creature may be relieved by a proper shoe, and made 

 to do light work about a farm. 



For this purpose a bar shoe, with a broad circle, thick at 

 its outer circumference, and generally beveled away towards 

 its inner edge ; leather soles may be placed inside, and a 

 mild blister applied to the coronet, to stimulate, if possible, 

 a healthier growth of horn. 



SEEDY TOE. 



This is also another effect of acute founder. Sometimes 

 the suppuration is confined to a small space about the toe, 

 or blood is effused and the serum becomes absorbed ; in 

 either case the function of the papillae of the sensitive laminae 

 is perverted. This lesion produces an inferior quality of 

 horn, which has received the name of " seedy toe." 



In many cases the porous horn admits dirt and gravel, 

 which considerably aggravates the evil. This altered tex- 

 ture cannot be remedied. 



PRICKED FOOT. 



Cause. — This injury is of every day occurrence in city 

 practice, and of all the lamenesses to which the horse is 

 subject this is by far the most frequent. It is simply a 

 punctured wound of the sensitive sole — always more or less 

 dangerous. All parts of the sensitive foot are called by 

 horsemen, in vulgar language, the *' quick," and it is more 

 or less serious according to both the particular spot where it 

 enters, as well as the depth it pierces into the tissues. An 

 animal pricked at the toe, as a general rule, will not be as 

 much injured as one that has received a punctured wound 

 through (or in the locality of) the frog. A prick of the toe 



