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foot. This treatment should be continued till the horse has recovered 
from its debility. 
With regard to the crack itself, take a fine knife and gradually scrape 
off the sharp edges till the division assumes the 
appearance of a groove. If the crack does not 
reach through to the flesh, no fear need be enter- 
tained concerning the lower edges of the crack, 
because the horn secreted by the lamine is of a soft 
nature, and will most readily yield. Besides, par- 
ing the outer horn often prevents the inner layer 
being cracked by the motion of the foot; this being Glesidialty ape wetticin {ask 
done, should the division not descend the entire horses, upon the inner 
length of the hoof, or reach from the ground to the 
coronet, with a firing-iron, heated to redness, draw a line at each ex- 
tremity of the fissure. The line need not be made so deep as will occa- 
sion pain; it is only necessary that the mark should go through the 
hard outer crust of the foot to prevent extension of the division. 
Should the separation be the whole way down the hoof, it is as well 
to adopt either the plan followed by the late Mr. Read, or the mode 
pursued by Mr. Woodger, the clever practical veterinarian, well known 
in Paddington. Mr. Read used to make a semicircular line near the 
coronet with the hot iron: Mr. Woodger has for years been accustomed 
to draw lines from the coronet to the crack in the shape of a V, with 
the same instrument. Both methods have a like intention, namely, to 
cut off the coronet from the inferior portion of the hoof, thereby pre- 
venting the movements of the foot from operating upon the newly 
secreted horn. However, Mr. Woodger’s plan being the easiest, and 
quite as effective as that of the late Mr. Read, is certainly the best. 
QUARTER SANDCRACK. 
A PARTIAL QUARTER SANDCRACK DRESSED THE METHODS OF ERADICATING A SANDCRACK: 
AND SHOD. EITHER THE SEMICIRCULAR OR THE ANGULAR 
LINES ARE EQUALLY EFFECTIVE, 
Sandcrack, when it occurs at the toe, usually extends the entire length 
of the foot, and leaves a portion of bleeding flesh exposed. The lamine, 
being opened to the stimulating effects of the air, are very apt to throw 
out a crop of luxuriant granulations. These, of course, are pinched 
between the two sides of the division. They bleed freely; often, from 
