384 DADD8 VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 
the back of the foot with one uand, and the upper end of the leg 
with the other, to use such steady and uoderate force as will ac- 
complish the object without doing harm thereby. This done, the 
divided ends of the tendons recede from eazh other, leaving a gap 
between them of one or two inches, or even more, dependent upon 
circumstances.” 
Corns. 
What is known as corns, occurring in horses, is very different 
from that affection in the human subject, which bears the same 
name. In the horse the affection is caused by bruise of the sole, 
and consists of extravasation of blood. On making an examina- 
zion in the angle between the bars and quarters, the horn of the 
sole will appear red. This may not be seen, however, until the 
blacksmith has pared away a flake or two of the sole. 
Treatment.—Neglected corns are very apt to end in suppuration 
(formation of matter within the hoof), This matter sometimes 
burrows in an upward direction, and breaks out at the top of the 
hoof. It then forms what is known as a quittor, the remedy for 
which is to make a small opening into the sole, and thus allow 
the matter to escape in a downward direction. After making the 
orifize in the sole, it should be dressed with a paste compesed of 
equal parts of sugar and bruwn soap. As a dressing for common 
corn, without suppuration, I recommend equal parts of tar and 
olive oil. This I conceive to be one of the best dressings ever 
used for corns. 
Many corns are produced by suffering the shoe to remain on toc 
long. It thus becomes imbedded in the heel of the foot; the ex- 
ternal crust then grows down on the outside of the shoe, and the 
bearing is thrown in the angular portion of the sole. In unusually 
troublesome cases cf corns, recourse should be had to the bar-shoe, 
YouattT says: “Mr. Spooner, of Southampton, very properly 
states taat the corns occasionally fester, and the purulent matter 
which is secreted, having no dependent orifice, ascends, torturing 
the animal to a dreadful extent, and breaks out at the coronet. 
These cases are very troublesome, Sinuses are formed, and the 
evil may end in quittor. A large and free dependent orifice must 
then be made, and a poultice applied, to which should succeed a 
solution of sulphate of zinc, with the application of the compound 
tar ointment. 
