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quits the stable, lay a piece of tow saturated with the lotion within the 
crack, and bind that in with a wax-end; tie a strip of cloth over all; 
give this bandage a coating of tar; and, when the 
horse returns, be sure to inspect the part. Should any 
grit have penetrated, wash it out with the lotion, and 
do not begrudge a minute or two to remove that which, 
if allowed to remain, may cause the animal much ad- 
ditional anguish. Then give the suffering creature a 
nice, deep bed, some scalded hay, and a mash made of = 
bruised oats, into which has been thrown a handful 4 nonses roor prassep 
each of linseed and of crushed beans; moisten these coat oe 
last constituents with the water drawn from the scalded —~ whicti it should he 
hay, and, if the horse should not appear hungry, throw Heine ines cas 
among the hay half a handful of common salt. 
The poor man may have some excuse for working an animal with 
sandcrack ; such a person cannot afford to keep the horse in idleness for 
the months which the cure will occupy. But the worst cases of this kind 
the author ever beheld have always been in quadrupeds helonging to 
wealthy tradesmen, who had ample means to gratify their desires, but 
wanted the heart to feel for mute affliction. 
FALSE QUARTER. 
False quarter is the partial absence of the outer and harder portion 
of the hoof; the consequence is, that the sensitive lamine, in the seat 
of the false quarter, are only protected by their own soft or spongy horn. 
This is frequently insufficient to save the foot from severe accident ; it is 
apt to crack, being strained by the motion of the hoof. The fleshy parts 
are then exposed; bleeding ensues, and fungoid granulations sometimes 
spring up; these are often pinched by the two sides of the divided horn, 
between which they protrude. When such occurs, the treatment should 
be the same as that recommended for sandcrack. 
FALSE QUARTER, OR A DEFICIENCY OF THE ONLY POSSIBLE RELIEF FOR FALSE 
THE OUTER WALL. QUARTER. 
No art can cure a false quarter; a portion of the coronary substance 
has been lost, and no medicine can restore it. All that can be done is 
