116 THE FARMER'S 



of a large tumor upon the cornet, between the hair 

 and the hoof, attended with violent pain and infla- 

 mation. 



'' Treatment. — Wash the part from all dirt, and if 

 between the claws take a rope of a proper thick- 

 ness, and chafe the part afflicted,* and after\^ards 

 dress the parts with the muriate of antimony [but- 

 ter of antimony] or sulphurick acid [oil of vitriol,] 

 Let the animal stand in a dry place for an hour, 

 repeat the application every day. If the part be 

 much affected, rub it with some stimulating oint- 

 ment, and if the tumor be likely to suppurate, lin- 

 seed poultices as ofl as is necessary should be ap- 

 plied, aud repeated till the inflammation has subsi- 

 ded; then dress the wound with lint and mild as- 

 tringent ointment. Due regard must be paid to ex- 

 isting symptoms. A few doses of sodss sulphas 

 [glauber's salt] will cool the body and accelerate 

 the cure. 



Edward Skellett, Professor of the Veterinary art, 

 an English writer of reputation, says that this dis- 

 order "proceeds from two causes; the one from ac- 

 cident, and the other from a morbid state of the sys- 

 tem. Its situation is betwixt the claws of the cow, 

 either in the fore or hind feet, but more fVequeytly 

 in the former. It is always attended with a swel- 

 ling, the discharge from which, when it breaks or 

 cracks, has a verp offensive smell. 



The accidental foul proceeds from gravel, flints, 

 bones^ or any other hard substance getting between 

 the claws, produces great pain and inflammation. 

 The first step to be taken for its cure is to remove 

 the hard substance, and clean the wound out; then 



* This practice is condemned by other writere as cruel and 

 onnecessary. ~ . . 



