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weakened from the continual application of the exciting 

 cause continue to secrete unhealthy horn even after the 

 cause of the injury has been removed. Lameness is most 

 obvious in trotting upon a hard road ; the lame leg is brought 

 as much under the body as possible, thus throwing the 

 weight upon the outside heel. The shoe also is mostly 

 worn on the outer side ; the animal generally stands with the 

 limb bent and the heel raised, somewhat in the same way as 

 in grogginess. Corns, although constituting unsoundness, do 

 not in well formed feet materially reduce an animal's value, 

 for by careful shoeing they may be got rid of gradually. 



Treatment. — Pare out carefully the seat of the corn, 

 removing all reddened and diseased horn ; reduce the crust 

 of the quarter slightly where it is unduly strong, but leave 

 the bars and frog untouched. These must be religiously 

 preserved, especially in weak feet, to afford a wide bearing 

 for the bar shoe that should afterwards be used. The fol- 

 lowing dressing may be applied. Take of 



Tar - - - One-quarter pound. 



Bees' wax - - " 



Honey - - " 



Glycerine - - Three ounces. 



Lard _ - - One and a half pound. 



Nitric acid - - Two drachms. 



Melt the lard and bees' wax together, stir in the lard and 

 the other ingredients, and stir until cold. 



THRUSH OR FRUSH. 



This foul and diseased condition of the foot primarily 

 consists in inflammation and ulceration of the villous and 

 sensitive surfaces within the clefts of the frog ; it appears to 

 arise from the continual application of various kinds of dirt 

 and muck, which irritate the tissues both externally and 

 internally. Animals standing continually in foul, damp 



