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■escaped freely from the injured part; then we injected it with a 
creolin lotion and dressed with poultice and sock ; gave canabis 
indica and belladonna internally to relieve the suffering and 
soothe the patient. Applied hot fomentations and poultices; 
also creolin lotion injected freely into the wound. I revisited 
the case in a few days and found the limb greatly swollen, appe¬ 
tite very meagre and temperature 102 ° Falir. Hot fomentations 
were applied freely and often to the limb and foot, but treat¬ 
ment proved of no avail, and the patient died in a few days, 
presumably from septicaemia or pyaemia. I observed that this 
animal had a very fine, thin skin, with corresponding thin- 
shelled hoofs and soles, and the blacksmith had used very large 
toe-clips on account of fearing the shoes would be easily pulled 
off while working on limestone soil and muddy roads. 
This case set me to thinking, studying and working to learn 
more by careful observation. 
Case No. 2 .—A fine roadster was hired by an oil producer to 
drive eighteen miles over plank road into an oil field. The 
horse was so lame the next day on the return trip that it became 
necessary to leave him at a roadhouse five miles from the city, 
and the driver came in and reported the bad condition of the 
horse. 
The owner directed me to examine carefully, and if the 
horse was permanently disabled with the injury he would then 
prosecute under the Livery Act. I found a new set of much 
lauded Goodenough shoes on the front feet, and the left fore¬ 
foot affected as described in this article. I used the whip freely 
and drove one mile to a blacksmith shop, removed the shoe, and 
dark serum flowed out, as mentioned, even without cutting, and 
we enlarged the opening, injected creolin lotion, and plugged 
the opening with a piece of marine lint; shod with a slip¬ 
per, drove into the city, then applied the treatment indicated in 
this article. Result : Recovery after twenty-one days treatment 
and loss of services. 
Case No. j .—A large, heavy draught mule had been newly 
.-shod by a strange blacksmith. Shoes were removed on account 
