72 THE FARINTER'S 



Corns in the feet of horses are mere bruises. Ev- 

 ery body has seen or experienced the effects of 

 bruises upon the human nail. Corns in the feet 

 of horses are injuries of a similar nature. The 

 red appearance which they have is caused by an 

 extravasation of blood which spreads itself among 

 the fibres of the horny hoof Corns are general- 

 ly occasioned by the shcf* They may, however, 

 arise from other injuries. They are easily cured 

 by suitable remedies and a proper mode of shoe- 

 ing, unless the inflammation occasioned by the in- 

 jury has been of long standing and assumed a 

 chronic character. In this case the cure is more 

 tedious. 



Horse ail. — I will take this opportunity to make 

 a few remarks on the nature of this complaint. 



Strictly speaking, all diseases of horses ai e horse 

 ails; but custom has given this epithet to a species 

 of disease very common among our horses. The 

 disease referred to, is called strangles in most of 

 the old books on Farriery. It consists in an in- 

 flammation of the membrane lining the nose and 

 )he arytenoid cartilages. This disease is accom- 

 panied by a cough and a discharge from the nos- 

 trils. The cough is sympathetic, and is produced 

 by the extreme sensibility of the membrane thus 

 inflamed. The lightest dust, or even a drop of 

 water lodged upon this membrane, in this irritable 

 state, produces coughing. The inflammation 

 sometimes extends to the lungs,^nd then this dis- 

 ease is accompanied with a disease of the chesty 

 and requires speedy and energetic treatment, as 

 inflammation of the lungs in the horse is apt to ter- 

 minate speedily in gangrene. Copious bleeding, 

 from six to ten quarts at first and smaller bleedings 



