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operate. On the third day he was still worse ; his bowels were 
not yet acted on, more purgative medicine was therefore given, 
and the ointment was regularly applied. The disease, however, 
continued to spread, until on the fourth day he had become almost 
denuded of hair, and the owners wished to know whether it would 
not be advisable to destroy him. The dressings were, however, 
repeated, and extended all over the body, and his bowels became 
opened. In a few days he was quite relieved. The hair is already 
covering the skin, and in a short time, if he continues to improve 
as he is now doing, no trace of the disease will be seen. It is 
worthy of remark, that other cases under this head were similarly 
affected, although in a minor degree. 
The case of “ seedy toe” occurred in a large farm horse : he had, 
for eighteen months, previously to being brought here, been 
repeatedly lame. There was a small round hole on the inside of 
the toe of the off fore foot ; and a slight ridge on the crust extend- 
ing from the coronet to the ground shewed that the disease reached 
from the sole to the coronet above. The aperture seemed filled 
with a hollow conical portion of hoof, that was attached to the 
inner surface of the crust, while pus or serum at times escaped 
from the sides of the cone. As it was impossible to reach the 
root of this substance with the drawing-knife, and as the horse was 
naturally troublesome to manage, he was cast, and the crust cut 
completely open up towards the coronet, so that the conical portion 
of horn could be carefully removed without wounding the quick. It 
was then found that this morbid horny growth had pressed upon 
the sensitive laminae, until an indentation was actually made in 
the os pedis, in consequence of which pressure and irritation 
there was a discharge of serum and pus from the sensible laminae. 
Having opened the part through its entire extent, the raw sur- 
face was dressed with chloride of antimony, and a pledget of tow 
dipped in melted tar applied, which was repeated daily. The case 
has now so far recovered as to be almost fit for work. These cases 
are often extremely troublesome and annoying to the veterinary 
surgeon, but can be easily and effectually treated by cutting through 
the crust, at the coronet, as above stated, or by cutting through the 
upper extremity of the sinus, if it does not extend so high. Proper 
dressings to induce the growth of sound horn are advisable, and a 
moderate degree of pressure is always necessary to prevent a 
bulging out of a morbid horny secretion from the laminae. 
Among the cases of wounds, a slight one of the nostrils may be 
noticed, to shew what may be frequently done to prevent deformity. 
A hackney, which a gentleman had recently bought, had caught his 
off nostril upon a hook or nail, which tore open a part of it, leaving 
a portion, about the size of a man’s thumb, hanging loose. As the 
