CANKER. 2 1 3 



LAXATIVE BALL. 



Aloes, - - -- 2 dr. 



Castile soap, - - 3 dr. 



To be made into a ball for one dose. 



Canker. 



This disease frequently originates in a 

 thrush, and most commonly attacks the hind 

 feet : it generally proves difficult to cure, and 

 not unfrequently incurable. The frog is the 

 part first attacked, which becomes soft and 

 rotten, dischargmg ni?tter of a peculiarly of- 

 fensive smell. The horny frog is at length 

 totally destroyed, and the sensible frog, in- 

 stead of secreting horn, forms a substance 

 somewhat resembling: shreds of leather. The 

 disease soon extends to the sole and other 

 parts of the foot, even to the coffin bone, and 

 is then, I believe, incurable. The first thing 

 to be done is to cut away freely ail the dis- 

 eased parts ; and when tne bleeding is stopped, 

 let the followmg liniment be applied, and re- 

 peated every morning ; the dressings may be 

 kept on by means of a bar shoe. Pressure on 

 the diseased part will very materially assist in 

 effecting a cure. Whenever the foot is 



