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How to know it. — The enlargement is just above the coronet and im- 

 mediately below, when ring-bone exists. Side-bone may be found at the 

 back and lateral parts of the coronet. There will be more or less soi-e- 

 ness and lameness, but after ossification bony formation of the parts haa 

 been completed, the joint is either stiff or nearly so. 



What to do. — The treatment should be precisely identical with that 

 prescribed for ring-bone. 



XVm. Incised and Punctured Wounds of the Sole. 



Incised wounds are those made with a sharp instrument ; punctured 

 ones are those made with a blunt one, as a nail. If the cut be a clean 

 one, all that will be necessary to do will be to pare away the sides to be 

 sure that no foreign substance is lodged there ; wash out with tincture of 

 aloes and myrrh, and keep the wound closed with tar and tow, and give 

 rest until healed. 



If the diflficulty be from a nail, care must be taken that it is all ex- 

 tracted. This must be done at whatever cost of cutting. Then dress as 

 prescribed Alt tilt incised wound. In old cases, where suppuration has 

 taken nlt06f Hxd matter must be let out by enlarging the orifice. Then 

 the ItniO meant iOf l^^ire may be adopted as in quitter or other rnatm- 



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