IXJURIES FEOM SHOEING. 



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skin above it. To "cut out a corn " witli the idea of 

 removing it is simply an ignorant proceeding. If a corn 

 be slight, all that is necessary is to take off the j^ressure 

 of the shoe, and this is assisted by removing a thin slice 

 or two of horn at the part. When the injury is very 

 great, matter may be formed under the horn, and, of 

 course, must be let out by removal of the horn over it. 

 Provided there is no reason to believe that matter has 

 formed, a corn, i. e., the bruised and discolored horn, 

 should not be dug out in the ruthless manner so com- 

 monly adopted. Cutting away all the horn of the sole at 

 the heels leaves the v^all without any support. When 

 the shoe rests upon the wall it is unable to sustain the 

 weight without yielding, and thus an additional cause of 

 irritation and soreness is manufactured. The excessive 

 paring of corns is the chief reason of the difficulty of 

 getting permanently rid of them. The simplest device for 

 taking all pressure oft a corn is to cut off an inch and a 

 half of the inner heel of the shoe. With the three-quar- 

 ter shoe (Fig. 74) a horse will soon go sound, and his foot 



FiQ. 74.— Three-quarter Shoe. 



will tJtien resume its healthy state. The saying ' ' once a 

 corn, always a corn " is not true, but it is true -tliat a 

 bruised heel is tender and liable to bruise again, from 

 very slight anevenness of pressure, for at least thret> 



