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any dirt or sand which may have got into the wound, 

 and dry the part thoroughly with a cloth. After 

 which a pledget of tow, wetted with Friar's balsam, 

 should be firmly bound over the wound, which usually 

 proves a speedy cure. If the wound is large or deep, 

 then it may be a necessary precaution to poultice the 

 part for one or two days before digestive ointment 

 or Friar's balsam is applied. 



It sometimes happens that a soft tumour will form 

 on the part. This must be poulticed and brought to 

 suppuration. When the whole of the matter has been 

 discharged, the sides of the ulcer should be washed 

 with a weak solution of blue vitriol (sulphate of 

 copper), which will have the effect of expediting 

 granulation of the parts ; and a pledget of tow which 

 has been dipped in Friar's balsam will soon effect a 

 cure. 



Ignorant farriers are frequently in the habit of 

 applying caustic to wounds of the feet. This should on 

 no account be permitted, as it is very apt to injure the 

 coronary substance so as to render it incapable of 

 afterwards secreting healthy horn. 



QUITTOR. 



A wound of the coronet, whether it proceeds from 

 a tread, or otherwise, should be carefully and immedi- 

 ately attended to ; because if sand or gravel get into 

 the wound, it is likely to produce those deep-seated 

 ulcerations that are termed pipes or sinuses, which 

 constitute the disease called qziittor. 



But it may also proceed from any wound of the 

 foot, and in any portion of it. In wounds of the foot, 

 there is much difficulty in the matter proceeding from 

 inflammation and suppuration finding its way from 

 under the hoof, which covers the foot v/ith its various 



