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DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



the tissues, and at last working its way to the coronet, where it bursts, 

 producing a very troublesome disease, and requiring both patience 

 and perseverance to effect a cure. 



Symptoms. — It is recognized by the small aperture at the coro- 

 net, which seems almost overgrown with "proud flesh." The dis- 



Fig. 850.— A Good Rep- 

 resentation of an In- 

 jury by Over- 

 reach. 



Fig. 851.— As the Edges ol 



the Wound Should bo 



Trimmed before 



Dressing. 



charge is glairy and constant. On examining it with a probe, si- 

 nuses are found running in all directions. The quarter is enlarged 

 and bulging,, and the lameness severe and protracted. 



As I cannot do better than give the treatment used by Mr. 

 Gamgee,* which is recognized as the very best, I will give it in 

 full:— 



After taking off the shoe, and doing all that is necessary to the hoof, I prepare 

 to inject a mixture, for the pharmaceutical combination of which I say nothing, 

 though I can say a great deal for its practical efficiency. To prepare the mixture, 

 take bichloride of mercury, one drachm; rectified spirit, one ounce; after rubbing 

 and dissolving the sublimate in the spirit, add half a drachm of liquor plumbi 

 acetatis. By means, of a small syringe, elastic gum, or pewter, with small tube two 

 inches in length, and bulbous end, I inject the mixture down the sinus. This re- 

 quires to be carefully but very effectually done. The direction of the syringe must 



•Joseph Gamgee, formerly professor in the new Veterinary College, Edinburgh, Scotland. 



