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kinds of work, yet there generally will remain some degree 
of tenderness in the part, and may produce lameness when 
the shoe is allowed to press on it; or when the horse is 
subjected to hard work, lameness may return. 
TREAD, OR OVERREACH. 
This is nearly connected with false quarter, and compre¬ 
hends wounds and bruises of the coronet, usually the effect 
of the horse either setting one foot upon the other, which 
not unfrequently happens in the hind feet; or in the fore 
feet, by the hind foot overreaching the heel when in rapid 
action and wounding it. 
Remedies. —Although this is not in general a very serious 
injury, yet it should be immediately and carefully attended 
to. The first thing is to wash out any dirt or sand which 
may have got into the wound, and dry the part thoroughly 
with a cloth. After which a pledget of tow, wetted with 
Friar’s balsam, should be firmly bound over the wound, 
which usually proves a speedy cure. If the wound is large 
or deep, then it may be a necessary precaution to poultice 
the part for one or two days before digestive ointment 
or Friar’s balsam is applied. 
It sometimes happens that a soft tumour will form on 
the part. This must be poulticed and brought to suppura¬ 
tion. When the whole of the matter has been discharged, 
the sides of the ulcer should be washed with a weak solution 
of blue vitriol, (sulphate of copper,) which will have the 
effect of expediting granulation of the parts ; and a pledget 
of tow which has been dipped in Friar’s balsam will soon 
effect a cure. 
Ignorant farriers are frequently in the habit of applying 
caustic to wounds of the feet. This should on no account 
be permitted, as it is very apt to injure the coronary liga- 
