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ward, not greater than the width of the httle finger, and then to 

 assist in the discharge of the pus by placing the foot in a warm 

 bath ; it is entirely wrong, in fact, reprehensible, to remove all 

 horn of the wall and sole which has been loosened from the 

 soft parts by the suppurative process. After the escape of the 

 inflammatory fluids, the wall and sole will form the best-fitting 

 and most suitable protective dressing for the diseased region 

 until it has secreted new horn. If, after removal of the nail and 

 pus, the pain does not diminish, warm baths of an infusion of 

 hay-seed at a temperature of about 90° F., or of a three- to five- 

 per-cent. solution of carbolic acid in water, will be of especial 

 benefit ; they will not only soften the horn, but by their moisture 

 and warmth will directly diminish the pain and have a healing 

 influence upon the suppurative surfaces. The warm baths must 

 actually be warm and be kept warm. 



If the pain has not been very pronounced, or if it has been 

 greatly alleviated by two or three warm baths, then, as a rule, it 

 is sufficient to put a few drops of the tincture of myrrh upon 

 the inflamed surface, and to close the opening with oakum (car- 

 bolized oakum or carbolized cotton is better). 



The horse ^hich has been nailed will be again perfectly ser- 

 viceable after a few days if shod with a shoe which does not 

 press upon the inflamed region. The shoe does not press when it 

 rests only upon the bearing-edge of the waU, when the white line and 

 the edge of the sole are entirely free of the shoe, and no nails are 

 driven in the immediate vicinity of the wound. 



Even though, as we have seen, nailing in the great majority of cases is not 

 particularly serious to the horse and owner, yet we should never forget that 

 tetanus (lockjaw), a disease which is nearly always fatal to horses, may follow. 

 Nailing, however insignificant it may seem, may under any conditions lead to 

 the death of the horse. 



2, Street-Nail. 



The condition caused by accidental injury of the sensitive 

 structures covered by the horny sole, such as the velvety tissue 

 of the sole and frog, plantar cushion, perforans tendon, navicu- 



