32 THE FARMER'S 



Corns, like thrushes, are not always accompanied 

 with lameness, though it is a very frequent and 

 troublesome consequence of them. 



When lameness proceeds from corns, it general- 

 ly comes on by degrees. When there is no reason 

 to suspect the cause of lameness to be in any part 

 above the foot, the shoe should be removed, when 

 the drawing knife and pincers will soon ascertain 

 if it is occasioned by corns. 



Corns, as was observed before, may result from 

 the horn taking a wrong direction in its early growth, 

 or by the pressure of the shoe: those which arise 

 from the latter cause are by far the most numerous. 

 In some instances where corns have not been sus- 

 pected to exist, and the horse has continued lame 

 ^or some time, it is found that matter has formed 

 under the horn, pervading the sole and frog, mak- 

 ing its way up the lamina, breaking out between 

 the hair and hoof, and terminating in a sinus called 

 a quittor. 



To remove any urgent symptoms, (if the horse 

 is quite lame, and suppuration is supposed to have 

 taken place,) it will be proper to pare the horn as 

 closely as the sensible part will allow, for the sup- 

 purated matter to escape; then fomentations and 

 poultices will be necessary, with bleeding, physic, 

 and a spare diet. As the inflammation abates, and 

 the new horn grows out, any simple dressing may 

 be a iplied. 



I '. has sometimes been a practice to apply caus- 

 tic applications, and indeed the actual cautery, to 

 corr s; but such a resort rather aggravates than al- 

 lev j.tes the symptoms. Where it has been neces- 

 sary to remove much of the horn, the animal should 

 be suffered to remain in a loose place, or be turned 



