. Diseases of the horse's foot. Hoofs; Horses. 302 DISEASES OF THE HOESE'S FOOT date themselves to the altered conditions is, no doubt, the reason that lameness in many of these cases is absent. Treatment.—It is doubtful whether anything satisfactory can be recommended. When we have suspected this condi- tion ourselves, it has been our practice to groove the hoof on either side of the toe, after the manner illustrated in Fig. 120, and, at the same time, point-firing the coronet and applying a smart cantharides blister. Certainly, after this operation, lameness has often disappeared—whether, ho
. Diseases of the horse's foot. Hoofs; Horses. 302 DISEASES OF THE HOESE'S FOOT date themselves to the altered conditions is, no doubt, the reason that lameness in many of these cases is absent. Treatment.—It is doubtful whether anything satisfactory can be recommended. When we have suspected this condi- tion ourselves, it has been our practice to groove the hoof on either side of the toe, after the manner illustrated in Fig. 120, and, at the same time, point-firing the coronet and applying a smart cantharides blister. Certainly, after this operation, lameness has often disappeared—whether, however, as a result of the treatment adopted or by reason of the structures within accommodating themselves to the condition, we would not care to Fig. 133.—Os Pedis showing the Groove in it caused by Atrophy AND Absorption induced by Pressure of a Keraphyllocele. Other writers advocate the removal of that portion of the wall to which the tumour is attached, after the manner described on p. 182, and illustrated in Fig. 98. This, how- ever, should be a last resource, and should be adopted only when weighty reasons, such as excessive and otherwise in- curable lameness, appear to demand it. 4. Keratoma. In our nomenclature the terms ' Keratoma ' and ' Kera- phyllocele ' are both used to indicate the condition we have just described. There are some, however, who reserve the term ' Keratoma ' for horny tumours occurring only on the sole, and for that reason we draw special attention to the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reeks, H. Caulton. London : Bailière, Tindall etc.
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