496 CASE OF FOOT ROT IN A COW. 
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CASE OF FOOT ROT, OR LOW IN THE FOOT OF 
A COW. 
By the same. 
On the 14th of July last, I was requested to attend a cow, lame 
with a diseased foot. The complaint had been tampered with by 
the cow-man, and had made considerable progress. I found it 
amazingly swollen about and above the fetlock ; exceedingly hot, 
and exquisitely tender; while the hair and cuticle peeled off all 
round the joint, which was partially covered with blotches of un¬ 
healthy-looking sores. Between the claws there appeared a deep 
separation, and pieces of the common integument which had lost 
their vitality sloughed off. Another large sore appeared in front of 
the foot, at the upper part of the cleft; and the two claws at the 
posterior part of the fetlock joint looked as if they were rotting 
off: such were the symptoms. 
Treatment .—I placed the foot in a large bag, and then filled 
it up with a warm bran poultice, sufficient to surround the limb 
on all sides, and suspended it by a cord passed over the withers, 
pouring into it frequently more warm water, to keep up its tem¬ 
perature. This was continued until the 17th with very little 
benefit, save that the wounds were cleansed. The inflammation 
being too high to do any thing with it yet, I discarded the poultice 
