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out upon some litter, for about twenty minutes. 

 About the sixth or seventh day after the operation, 

 the shoe to be removed ; and, if the orifice of the 

 bleeding place is found to be healed, and free from 

 fester, the blood-letting is to be repeated on the op- Repetition of 

 posite toe, approaching towards the outside quarter. """" ^ '"*'* 

 Immediately before the repetition of the bleeding is 

 the proper time to lower the heels and shorten the 

 toe as much as they ivill bear, yet taking particular 

 care to leave a sufficient body of crust, at every 

 part, to afford a solid basis for the shoe to rest upon, 

 except at the inside heel, which has before been di- 

 rected to be entirely removed. 



With this fresh paring of the foot, the shoe will 

 require to be refitted, and a single hole punched in 

 the inside quarter, in order to receive a nail as a 

 substitute for the one necessarily left out at the se- 

 cond perforation in bleeding. 



The emollient paste and half dose of physic to be 

 repeated, and the horse kept quiet for two or three 

 days ; after which time his exercise should not ex- 

 ceed a foot's pace. In about a week from the se- 

 cond bleeding the sole and commissures will admit 

 another trimming ; but the crust, bars, and frog, 

 should now be allowed to grow. 



At this stage of the case, an ointment composed 

 of tar and hog's-lard should be applied cold to the 

 sole, instead of the emollient paste, which may be 

 still continued to the crust. 



