. Fig. 95 Fig. In Figs. 94, 95, and 96 the thick black hnes illustrate the positions of the various grooves made with the firing-iron for the purpose of immobilizing a quarter sand-crack. The points to be observed in carrying out this line of treatment are simple enough. In all cases see that the crack is rendered as clean as possible by the use of suitable dressings, and if an excess of horn is present immediately around it, as in the case of a long-standing and complicated lesion, have it thinned down by rasping. All that is then needed is one or two moderately sharp, flat firing-irons. The


. Fig. 95 Fig. In Figs. 94, 95, and 96 the thick black hnes illustrate the positions of the various grooves made with the firing-iron for the purpose of immobilizing a quarter sand-crack. The points to be observed in carrying out this line of treatment are simple enough. In all cases see that the crack is rendered as clean as possible by the use of suitable dressings, and if an excess of horn is present immediately around it, as in the case of a long-standing and complicated lesion, have it thinned down by rasping. All that is then needed is one or two moderately sharp, flat firing-irons. The groove is then burned into the horn in the positions indicated, and that portion of the wall con- 12—2


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