OPERATIONS OX THE FOOT 



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round in the ordinary way, the loop of the cord being 

 placed at the back of the pastern (as in A, Fig. 49) ; the 

 ends of the cord are passed round, one on the inside and 

 the other on the outside, towards the front fas in B, Fig. 4 ( > ) . 

 These ends are then twined together down as far as the 

 toe (see C in Fig. 49 ). The foot is now lifted up, and the 



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Fig 48. 



Fig. 49. 



Fig. 50. Fig. 51. 



Figs. 48, 49, 50, 51. — Illustrating Lieutenant-Colonel Nunn's 

 Method of applying a Poultice to the Foot. 



ends of the cord (CC, Fig. 49 ), are passed through the loop 

 A (as at D, Fig. 49), and then drawn tight. The ends of the 

 cord are now separated, and carried up to the coronet ( as at 

 FE, Fig. 49), one on the outside, the other on the inside of 

 the foot. They are then again twisted round each other once 

 or twice (as at F, Fig. 50), and are passed round the pastern 

 once or twice on each side. They are now passed under 



