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of bedding. Before going to work, smear the heels with the 

 following application :" 



Laudanum _ _ _ One ounce. 



Acetate of lead - - - One ounce. 



Soft soap - - - Eight ounces. 



As soon as the animal is done work this must be washed 

 off, and the dry dressing of the zinc sprinkled as before on 

 the heels. A bandage with pressure will in a great measure 

 expedite the cure. In such cases as are much inflamed 

 around the heels, and grapes are present, a poultice will be 

 required to soften and relax the parts, and remove the ten- 

 derness. For this purpose a poultice of linseed meal, 

 sprinkled over with a drachm of carbolic acid, mixed with 

 an ounce of water, will remove the bad smell, as well as the 

 tenderness of the parts. 



When this poultice is removed, the parts must be dusted 

 over as before recommended with dry oxide of zinc. 



The grapes are sometimes removed with a scissors, or by 

 strangulating them with a piece of stout waxed thread, and 

 dressing the surfaces as already recommended. 



CORNS. 



These are bruises of the sensitive sole in the angle be- 

 tween the posterior part of the quarter and the bars, and 

 mostly occurring on the inside of the fore foot. The hind 

 feet own their immunity to the peculiar strength of the heels 

 and their sustaining less weight. Two sorts of feet are espe- 

 cially subject to corns; those with deep slanting heels, which 

 become doubled up between the shoe and the sole, and those 

 that have wide flat soles and low weak heels, on which the 

 pressure causing the bruise comes from above. From con- 

 tinuance of pressure the interior villous sensitive surface is 

 bruised and inflamed, serum and blood are poured out, the 

 horn by and by becomes soft and discolored, and the parts 



