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stuffiii"" of tow. Give entire rest and no pressure on the heel until th« 

 sole of the foot has grown out naturall3\ 



If the corn has become a tumor it should be cut out, and the same 

 treatment pursued as advised for a corn that has formed matter. 



Old corns sometimes result in disorganization of the parts, or death of 

 a portion of the heel, disease of the bone of the foot, or ulceration of 

 the cartilage. In this case they must be treated as advised for Qiiittor or 

 for navicular disease. 



V. Contraction of the Hoof, Narrow Heel. 



In a healthy condition the hoof of a horse should be nearly round. 

 Whatever, shape the hoof may assume, it is not a disease in itself but the 

 result of disease or of some disability. It is generally the result of 

 fever in the feet from injury to bones, ligaments or frog, or the effect of 

 founder, etc. Contraction of the hoof exists in nearly all diseases of 

 the feet, and may occur from standing idle in the stable. So it may 

 result from undue paring of the heels, the bars on the frog, from a shoe 

 remaining on so long that the foot is prevented from taking its natural 

 growth. 



What to do. — The only thing is to remove the shoes and round the 

 edges of the hoofs to prevent their being broken or split, and keep the 

 affected hoofs standing every day from early in the morning until late at 

 night in puddled clay reaching well up the hoofs. Continue this for two, 

 three, or four weeks as the case may be. Then use prescription No. 

 192 as a hoof ointment until the hoof is brought back to its natural 

 shape as near as may be. In shoeing let the shoe be without bevel on its 

 upper side, and let the bearing be equal on all parts of the wall of the 

 hoof. 



VI. Injuries of the Frog. 



The frog of the horse's foot is especially liable to injury from being 

 bruised upon projecting stones, pierced by nails and splinters. It is also 

 liable to inflammation of the secreting membrane, resulting in the forma- 

 tion of matter, and to canker. 



What to do. — In all bruises with soreness pare away the frog carefully 

 until the difticulty is found. If bruised, treat it by using the liniment 

 No. 189. If pierced with some sharp substance extract it and inject 

 tincture of aloes and myrrh. If the diflSculty be thrush, caused by expo- 

 sure to wet and filth, bruise of the frog, hard substance lodged in the 

 cleft, or other cause, there will be soreness of the skin behind the cleft 



