. Dr. Le Gear's stock book ... comprising a description of the general care, feeding and watering, stabling and breeding, and all the diseases and their treatment, of stock in Texas and the South .. . Fig. 51. Hoof Knife. GRAVEL IX THE FOOT. Whenever a small stone gets into a horse's foot, either through a wound or works into a crevice in the sole or frog up into the quick, it is called •"; Some people attribute any matter breaking at the top of the hoof to gravel, which in many cases is merely matter working out from the effects of a bruise of the sole or a corn. If a gravel
. Dr. Le Gear's stock book ... comprising a description of the general care, feeding and watering, stabling and breeding, and all the diseases and their treatment, of stock in Texas and the South .. . Fig. 51. Hoof Knife. GRAVEL IX THE FOOT. Whenever a small stone gets into a horse's foot, either through a wound or works into a crevice in the sole or frog up into the quick, it is called •"; Some people attribute any matter breaking at the top of the hoof to gravel, which in many cases is merely matter working out from the effects of a bruise of the sole or a corn. If a gravel gets into the foot, and is small enough. it will finally work out at the top of the hoof. The horse is gen- erally lame while it is in the foot, but will get over it as soon as it comes out. Treatment.—If any soreness in the foot can be found it should be pared down, and if any matter or a gravel is found it should be removed and the cavity washed out for a few days with our Heal- ing Lotion (see Appendix), and the hole protected from all dirt, and it will soon heal.
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