DISEASES OF THE BOXES 



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pedis are reported by ^\Ir. Gladstone ]\Layall, M.R.C.V.S., 

 in the Veterinary Record, vol. xiv., p. 54: 



1. ' The horse was brought in markedly lame on the off 

 hind-foot, knuckling at the fetlock, and taking a long stride 

 with the injured limb. There was a punctured wound at 

 the toe. The horn was pared, and antiseptic poultices 

 applied. Notwithstanding the antiseptic treatment pus con- 

 tinued to form. At the end of a week sufficient horn was 

 removed to ascertain the cause of the constant suppuration. 

 A movable object was found at the bottom of the wound, 

 and a piece of bone as large as a sixpence finally removed. 

 Recovery was uneventful.' 



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Fig. 160.— Fractured Os Pedis. 



2. ' A filly was attended for a discharging fistula at the 

 coronet. Externally it had all the appearances of a quittor. 

 At first no history was given. The filly went scarcely lame 

 ai all, and had never been shod. Treatment with poultices 

 and caustic injections was useless. Finally the filly was 

 cast and the foot examined. A piece of bone, apparently 

 part of the wing of the os pedis, was removed, and the case 

 made a good recovery. Subsequent inquiries elicited the 

 fact that the animal had kicked at and hit a gate-post, and 

 ii was judged that then the injury had occurred." 



3. ' The subject was a bay horse, nine years old. used 

 for railway shunting. On August 7 he was found to be in- 



