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quarter extended to within 4 inch of the coronet, and on 
the inside quarter to within 2 inches of it. As the owner, 
a farmer, had not proper convenience for Mr. Olver to treat 
the case, the latter asked me, while visiting him, if I would 
care to undertake the treatment, saying at the time it would 
be a very good test-case, as the disease was so far advanced. 
I readily agreed, and, after the necessary arrangements, 
had the horse removed to Birmingham on July 2. In this 
case it was found necessary to cast the animal and cauterize 
the foot a second time before a healthy granulating surface 
was secured; but after this the progress towards recovery 
was uninterrupted, although necessarily slow, on account 
of the large amount of new secreting surface which had to 
be formed. 
The horse was finally discharged, after inspection by 
Mr. Olver, absolutely cured and free from canker, on 
January 7. 
The illustration (Fig. 185, p. 812) is from a photograph, 
and it gives a somewhat imperfect representation of the 
state of the foot two months after it came under my 
care. 
2. (Rose’s Treatment.*) This was a bad case of canker, 
which had been for two or three months treated in the 
ordinary manner, with but little sign of ultimate success. 
Commenced in June and carried on until the end of Sep- 
tember, the ordinary treatment consisted in burning down 
the fungus growth with the hot iron, and dressing with 
copper sulphate, zinc sulphate, and boracic acid. The 
cauterization was repeated every five days. 
The treatment of Lieutenant Rose was commenced at 
about the end of September, at which date the disease 
extended from the toe on one side of the foot right back 
to the heel, involving the sole, half of the frog, and the 
bulb of the heel. One week after treatment the diseased 
surface was drier, and granulations were more healthy. 
At the expiration of a fortnight the new horn had com- 
menced to grow from the wall, and also from the frog, 
* Veterinary Record, vol. xi., p. 483. 
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