McClure's American horse, cattle and sheep doctor; being a full description of the diseases common to these animals, together with a complete list and method of administering the medicines required in their treatment . ronet, little will berequired to be done, but to keep the horn as level with thehoof proper as possible, in order to make it look less of aneye-sore. (5.) Inflammatiok op the Foot.—(See Founder.)(6.) Peicks.—^Pricks may occur in the act of shoeing, orfi-om a nail being picked up on the street, and from, otherhard-pointed substances. Treatment. Pull the nail out, and poultice the
McClure's American horse, cattle and sheep doctor; being a full description of the diseases common to these animals, together with a complete list and method of administering the medicines required in their treatment . ronet, little will berequired to be done, but to keep the horn as level with thehoof proper as possible, in order to make it look less of aneye-sore. (5.) Inflammatiok op the Foot.—(See Founder.)(6.) Peicks.—^Pricks may occur in the act of shoeing, orfi-om a nail being picked up on the street, and from, otherhard-pointed substances. Treatment. Pull the nail out, and poultice the foot fortwenty-four hours; then make an opening through the horn,over the place where the nail went in, so as to allow the pus to escape. For, if thisbe not done, and the pus isleft in the foot, it will in 9few days, and at a great ex-pense of suffering to thehorse, break out between thehoof and the hair, constitu-ting quittor. After an open-ing has been properly made,drop five drops of muriaticacid into the hole once a day,lor a day or two. Poultice every second night or day, andnot oftener. A healthy hoof can be poulticed off bynonstant application. The hors» can go to work as soon as he can step on the. FOOT LANCET. FOOT DISEASES. 101 ground firmly and without lameness. Remember, thatin all cases of pricks and other injuries which end in sup-puration, as pus in the foot of a horse, make a thoroughopening so as to allow the pus to escape, and no moretrouble need be apprehended; except the nail has entered intcone of the tendons of the foot, in that case no pus will beusually formed, the majority of cases ending in locked-jaw,(which see). Where pus is formed after pricking, nolocked-jaw follows; it is in those cases only where pus isnot formed that locked-jaw may be expected. (7.) Bruises of the Foot.—(Treat as for Prick of Foot], (8.) Sand or Quarter Crack.—This is a crack or splitin the hoof, usually on the inner side of the fore foot, al-though splits and cracks o
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