196 CASES OF CANKER AND TENOTOMY. 
addition of the tar ointment for the newly-formed horn, never 
losing sight of pressure. For the first few weeks I apply the 
dressings every alternate day, after which not so often ; and, 
ultimately, only twice a week. At the expiration of seven 
months I found that I had not a perfect foot, but a sufficiently 
useful one for most purposes ; and the horse remained sound, 
performing his regular work for upwards of four years, when 
he met with an accident, and was destroyed. This enabled me 
to obtain the foot, which is now in my possession. 
When canker is confined to the sole of the foot, pressure can 
be readily applied by means of pledgets of tow and the use of 
a shoe so constructed that it admits of the foot being dressed 
at any time, while it protects the sensitive parts from all risk of 
injury. I beg to send two shoes of this description, both of 
which I have found extremely convenient. The shoe marked 
No. 1, I consider more useful in cases which require to be 
dressed daily. That marked No. 2 is better adapted for a case 
which only requires to be dressed occasionally, and will allow of 
the horse doing some work with it. * 
These two shoes are of similar construction ; i. e., they are 
both what are called hox shoes. Each is furnished with an 
