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and concussion of the bone may exist, injury from nails picked up on th» 

 road, impaired nutrition, by which the bones are not sufficiently nourished 

 acting to assist injury to the bone. 



How to know it. — The foot will feel hot, yet particular heat is not 

 always present. The toe will be pointed, in the stable, eight or ten inches 

 before the other, and with the heel slightly raised. This peculiarity may 

 indeed be noticed often for a long time before any particular lameness is 

 noticed. By-and-by the animal will be observed to step short, and on 

 the toe, with liability to stumble when first taken out of the stable. This 

 will disappear as the animal gets warm, but will show again when cool. 

 The toe of the shoe will become more worn than other parts. As the 

 disease progresses the hoof will decrease in size, particularly in the 

 quarters and heels. Trying the edges of the hoofs will not make the 

 animal flinch unless there be corns, but by tapping the sole on each side 

 of the body of the frog with a hammer, or upon the walls of the hoof 

 about the quarters, will give pain. By bending the foot back and press- 

 in<^ with the thumb in the hollow of the heel on either side of the flexor 

 tendon, with considerable force, it will cause intense pain. These are all 

 characteristic tests. There may be sweeny of the shoulder from disease 

 of the muscles. This is an effect of the disease and not a disease in 

 itself. 



What to do. — If the injury is new, the first thing to be done is to re- 

 duce the inflammation. Do this with cold water applications or any of 

 thf! remedies advised for ring-bone, spavin, or other inflammation. Give in 

 laxative dose, 4 drachms of aloes ; have the shoes taken off and let the 

 horse stand during the day time in pure wet clay up to the top of the 

 hoof, and at night poultice the foot. If there is much inflammation, 

 bleed in the arteries above the coronet. The coronet is the lowest part 

 of the pastern, where the hair grows around the hoof. Keep the horse 

 perfectly quiet, and if he has a fast pulse, give an ounce of salt petre in 

 the drinking water night and morning. At the end of two weeks, or 

 sooner if the inflammation is gone, blister the coronet all around. Or, 

 use the following : 



No. 189. 1 Ounce camphor gum, 



1 Ounce corrosive sublimate, 

 1 Pint oil turpentine. 



Grind the sublimate thoroughly in a mortar, and put into a strong bot* 

 tie ; pour on the turpentine and shake occasionally. It should be fit for 

 use in from 20 to 30 hours. This is to be applied every other day to the 

 heel and bottom of the foot, first paring away all scaly, ragged parts. 



