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which may have entered the opening. It is advisable, in the 

 majority of cases, to have the shoe gently taken off, and the 

 surrounding parts of the wound nicely pared with a drawing 

 knife. By this means the discolored horn, blood, or pus 

 (corruption) that may have formed must be removed. 



The great object here is by judicious treatment to limit 

 the inflammation and prevent it from forming sinuses, or 

 extending to the horny tissues. This may be accomplished 

 (after removing the shoe) by resting the animal, the injec- 

 tion of mild astringent and caustic lotions into the wound 

 with a small syringe, and enveloping the foot in poultices of 

 linseed meal for a few days. In addition to these measures, 

 an ounce or two of saltpetre dissolved in a pail of water will 

 aid in abating the febrile symptoms, or a mild laxative, such 

 as linseed oil or small doses of aloes. In bad cases too 

 much importance cannot be attached to the proper injection 

 of cooling applications into the wound two or three times a 

 day with a small pointed syringe. The following remedies 

 for that purpose will be these : 



Take of carbolic acid - - One drachm. 

 " water _ _ _ One ounce. 



Or— 



Goulard's extract - - - One drachm. 



Sulphate of zinc _ _ _ Two drachms. 

 Sulphate of copper - - - " 



Vinegar ----- Eight ounces. 



Pulverize the sulphates, dissolve in the vinegar, then add 

 the lead. 



To repeat the treatment — 



Remove the foreign matter. 



Take shoe off, and rest the patient. 



The surrounding parts of the wound pared. 



The wound syringed. 



The foot poulticed. 



