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but have noted no marked results or advantages over the flax¬ 
seed poultices. As soon as a horse can bear a reasonable 
amount of weight on the foot have the shoe reset. I would not 
recommend any rubber or leather to be put under the shoe in 
these cases, as sand and dirt pack in so tight that it is impossi¬ 
ble to keep it clean, or dress without removing the shoe; but 
make a compress of oakum, and cut a piece of heavy hoop iron 
the width of shoe, and, by bending, one can get the ends under 
the shoe; then, by pounding lightly, it will keep the oakum in 
place, no matter how fast a horse travels. This can be readily 
removed and repacked as often as necessary. We keep this 
oakum pack saturated with a 5% solution of carbolic acid. 
When we get superfluous granulations they are easily gotten 
rid of with curved shears, knife, burnt alum, strong acid or 
actual cautery. We should be very guarded in these cases in 
the prognosis, as the most simple cases often give the most 
trouble, while the most unpromising surprise us by the rapidity 
with which they recover. It is not a very enviable position to 
be placed in, to order an animal destroyed, and find afterward 
that some stable-man has nursed your patient and brought him 
out all right—it is a poor advertisement. 
I would briefly refer to a couple of cases in our practice 
where everything seemed most discouraging, the animals made 
fine recoveries, it being easier to recall these than some that 
promised well but did not make such fine recoveries. 
The first was a fine sorrel horse, 5 years old, weight about 
1250 pounds, which was hooked by a bull in the lower part of 
the neck near the shoulder. We were called about 9 P. M., and 
found horse in the pasture in this condition. On examination 
we found a small opening with saliva flowing out in streams. 
The horse showed considerable distress, deglutition being 
almost continuous. After a most careful examination, we dis¬ 
sected the muscles carefully, and made an opening fully six to 
eight inches in length, until we got down to the oesophagus, where 
we found that organ badly ruptured—being torn almost entirely 
off, and in a very ragged manner. We took a great deal of 
