The encyclopædia of the stable The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners encyclopdiaofs00shaw Year: 1909 NEAR SIDE Pointing the Toe—a case of Navicular. which do their work on the roads, and usually commences at the spot at the back of the foot where the tendon passes over the navicular bone. It only appears on the fore - feet, and usually amongst horses with contracted heels and upright
The encyclopædia of the stable The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners encyclopdiaofs00shaw Year: 1909 NEAR SIDE Pointing the Toe—a case of Navicular. which do their work on the roads, and usually commences at the spot at the back of the foot where the tendon passes over the navicular bone. It only appears on the fore - feet, and usually amongst horses with contracted heels and upright pasterns, which are naturally more affected by concussion than better-shaped ones are; but no doubt bad shoeing is responsible for its share of cases. Symptoms. — The horse com- mences by pointing his toe with the tip on the ground, so as to get the weight of his body off his heel, thus acting in a manner ex- actly contrary to that adopted in cases of laminitis. The symptoms of lameness appear when he is trotted on a hard road, and he often stumbles, especially when going down a hill. The foot is very sensitive, though not particularly hot, and gives the appearance of shrinking in size. Treatment.—Remove the shoes and pare away the walls of the hoof so as to allow the frog to come down on the ground. Apply cold poultices at first, and then keep the horse standing on damp clay, the litter of his night box being of moss litter, or some such cooling substance. When better, the coronet should be blistered, and then the horse may be turned out for a month or three weeks on ground that is soft and damp. In obstinate cases it may become necessary to perform the operation of neurotomy, but this is not to be recommended if it can possibly be avoided. (See Blistering, Clay Bedding, Hoofs, Laminitis^ Neurotomy, Sponge Pad.) Near Side.—The left side of a horse or road. 222
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