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If expense be an object, the iodoform may be omitted from the 

 two foregoing preparations. 



(7) Common salt, 1 part. 



Stockholm tar or tallow, 6 parts. 



Fig. 49. — Healthy foot. 



I prefer to all other agents burnt alum, small lumps of which I 

 place in the cleft of the frog and ram them down with the back of 

 a hoof-picker. I treat in the same way any cracks there may be in 

 the frog- If the horse has to be kept at work, I fill up 



Fig. 50. — Searcher. 



the cleft of the frog and cracks with cotton wool or tow, over 

 which I smear Stockholm tar, so as to keep out dirt and wet. 

 The application, whichever one we use, should be renewed every, 

 or every second, day. x4bove all things, we should obtain pressure 

 on the frog and should keep the feet dry. The application of a 

 little turpentine undiluted or mixed with an equal quantity of sweet 

 oil. dropped into the cleft of the frog, from time to time, is very 



