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DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT: 



to throw pressure upon the heels, then lower the heel and round 

 the toe. In the fore feet, at any rate, it will be necessary to round 



Fig. 731. — Ring-bone as it Usually 

 Appears. 



Fig. 732. — As a Ring-bone Should be Fired 

 by the First Method. 



the! toe sharply, which will greatly relieve the strain upon the joint 

 by enabling the foot to roll easily, or turn upon the toe. The best 

 method of doing this is by the Roberge shoe, illustrations of 

 which are given in "Shoeing," pages 282, 283. Clip the parts, 

 as shown in Fig. 722, then blister or fire, as explained for spavin. 



There should be no blistering or firing 

 arourid the heel under the fetlock, as this 

 would cause breaking or an irritation of the 

 skin, which would be very annoying and 

 difficult to heal. 



Side-Bone, or False Ring-Bone. 



Side-bone, properly speaking, is not ex- 

 ostosis, but ossification of an already exist- 

 ing structure, it being ossification of the 

 lateral cartilages of the os pedis, or bone of 

 FlG Jf 1 !'r™ e -^. L? inB the foot. It is most common in the fore feet, 



especially where the pasterns are short and 

 straight. 



Symptoms. — The lateral cartilages, which in health are soft and 

 flexible, become enlarged, project above the hoof, and are hard and 

 bony. While the inflammatory process is going on, there is heat 

 and pain in the part, and consequently lameness, which in most 



by tfca Pyro-puncturing 

 Process. 



