GRAVELING. 539 



v Seedy Toe. 



This is the name given to a dry, mealy secretion of horn, which 

 is sometimes seen to take place between the horny and sensitive 

 sole at the toe. It is seldom seen in this country, owing to clips be- 

 ing not much used. 



Causes. — It is generally caused by large clips being hammered 

 firmly on the toe, bending in the hoof, and bruising the part. 



Symptoms. — Pain and lameness, with heat and tenderness, on 

 pressure at the toe. The horn is dry and mealy, and matter is gen- 

 erally found at the bottom of it. 



In' bad cases, horny processes are found pressing inward, pro- 

 ducing absorption of the coffin-bone, -with a tendency for fungus 

 growths to shoot up, producing a very troublesome disease. 



Treatment. — In a simple case, open it up, cut down to the bot- 

 tom, add poultice for a few days, when the shoe may be applied ; 

 remove the pressure by cutting down the crust, and fill it up with 

 tow and hot tar, when it will soon get well. 



In bad cases, with fungus and bony absorption going on, free 

 incisions must be made; sometimes it will "be necessary to cut 

 through the wall. Caustics must be freely used, such as muriate of 

 antimony, dilute hydrochloric acid, etc.,' with pressure judiciously 

 applied ; the process may be arrested, and the part healed. 



When there is want of cell-growth, with a separation of the wall 

 from the inner structure, which is very common in horses that have 

 been driven hard, or been partially foundered, another high authority 

 advises the following, which is practically the same as that given for 

 foot-lameness : — 



Treatment. — Thorough and repeated blistering around the coronet. Next pour 

 boiling hot tar or even corrosive substance, such as muriatic acid, butter of anti- 

 mony, spirits of salts, etc., into the cavity formed. 



Whenever there is a separation of the wall from the sole, with weak or slow 

 growth, of horn, this is effectual if there is any life in the parts. 



In severe cases, as first explained, the firing-iron is necessary, 

 first cleaning out the dead part and filling in with hot tar, etc. 



This is added in order to give a little mdre extended idea of the. 

 method of treatment. 



Graveling. 



A small stone, gravel, or dirt becoming imbedded under the 

 shoe at the point of the heel between the bar and frog, usually the 

 inner heel, and working through the sole into the quick, is called 

 graveling. If not removed, it will in time work up through the cor- 



