52 THE CANADIAN HOESE 



SEEDY TOE. 



This is the name given to a dry, mealy secretion of horn, 

 which is sometimes seen to take place between the horny 

 and sensitive sole at the toe. It is seldom seen in this 

 country, owing to clips not being much used. 



Causes. — It is generally caused by large clips being ham- 

 mered firmly on the toe, bending in the hoof, and bruising 

 the part. 



Symptoms. —Pain and lameness, with heat and tenderness, 

 on pressure at the toe. The horn is dry and mealy, and 

 matter is generally found at the bottom of it. 



In bad cases, horny processes are found pressing inward, 

 producing absorption of the cofiBn-bone, with a tendency for 

 fungus-growths to shoot up, producing a very troublesome 

 disease. 



Treatment. — In a simple case, open it up, cut down to the 

 bottom, and poultice for a few days, when the shoe may 

 be applied, removing the pressure by cutting down the 

 crust, and fill it up with tow and hot tar, when it will soon 

 get well. 



In bad cases, with fungus and bony absorption goincf on, 

 free incisions must be made ; sometimes it will be necessary 

 to cut through the wall. Caustics must be freely used, such 

 as muriate of antimony, dilute hydrochloric acid, &c., with 

 pressure judiciously applied ; the process may be arrested, 

 and the part healed. 



BRUISE OF THE SOLE. 



The sole is liable to bruise from the shoe being improperly 

 seated, sometimes from sand or gravel being impacted in 

 the web of the shoe, or by " picking up " a stone, which, 

 getting wedged in the foot, bruises the soje. 



Symptoms. — Lameness first attracts attention to it; in 



