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regular trips, when he was noticed to go suddenly lame. The driver 
immediately examined the foot expecting to find a stone lodged there, 
as they so often do on newly macadamized roads as this was ; but 
instead found the shoe gone (which it may be proper to state had only 
been on a day or two), and blood flowing from a wound in the sole, a 
little over half an inch from the toe. The horse was driven to the end 
of the trip, the lameness increasing as he went. After reaching the 
stable the foreman examined the foot, and found what he thought to be 
a wound caused by the horse stepping on one of the nails of the shoe. 
Thinking lightly of it, had the horse shod next day with leather under 
the shoe. The horse continued slightly lame for about a week, improv¬ 
ing all along, when he was thought fit to resume his work. He was put 
out to make a trip. He went very well for awhile, but began to show 
more lameness after going a few miles. The next day, though still no 
better, was allowed to make a trip, and he came in still lamer. He was 
then let stand about a week again, the shoe being left on in the mean¬ 
time, when, being no better, I was called to see him on August 18th. 
On removal of the shoe was seen an opening through which a quantity 
of dark, badly-smelling discharge escaped. The opening was enlarged, 
and, on probing, the bone was found in some portions to be nearly bare, 
and that peculiar odor of diseased bone present. I decided to cast the 
animal the next day, and remove enough of the sole and wall to fully 
expose the diseased parts—which I did, removing the sole from a point 
about half of an inch posterior to the opening, and about a like surface 
from the wall. Upon examination the bone was found diseased to a 
considerable extent. The inferior border instead of describing a con¬ 
vexity was a concavity, the said concavity being in extent about one 
and three quarter inches. The granulations were in some parts very 
thin, and were mostly of an unhealthy appearance, at which parts the 
bone was scraped, and a dressing of oakum and carbolic solution, one 
to thirty, applied with pressure. On the following day on removal of 
dressing the parts present a slightly improved appearance. 
Same dressing, which was also repeated every day for about two 
v weeks, with exception of using tinct. aloes and myrrh occasionally, 
when it was dressed less often until entirely discontinued. In about 
eight weeks it had all healed nicely, the horse was taking daily exercise 
preparatory to resuming his work, when he had an attack of enteritis 
and died. 
