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WHAT TO DO. } 
Wash thoroughly with carbolized water, then apply a 
a poultice of charcoal, to which a little carbolic acid has 
been added, remove this on the third day and pare canker 
down almost to quick and apply powdered blue stone for 
several days. 
Side Bone. 
This is an ossification of the lateral cartilages of the fore 
feet. 
Cause—The most common cause is a bruise, but almost 
any disease of the foot can produce it. 
HOW TO KNOW IT. 
The quarters are elastic, hard as a bone, and are en- 
larged upwards from the hoof; the patient being very lame. 
WHAT TO DO. 
Puncture the enlargements in ten or fifteen places with a 
common pegging awl just through the skin. Then use the > 
following liniment: 
PRESCRIPTION. 
Mercury, Bichloride of. . . . ... . 1ounce 
Campnon, Guim... 4. <9... . I-2-eumce 
PMmIGWia, orale = (3 2... ,. «. 2drachms 
phinpemine, gq. S.ad.". . . . . ..8 ounces 
Mix and apply every other day until well blistered and 
then grease with lard. | 
Founder. 
From the nature and cause of founder, it might seem 
proper to have considered it under the head of diseases of 
the stomach, but this trouble being in every instance re- 
