. Diseases of the horse's foot. Hoofs; Horses. 174 DISEASES OF THE HOESE'S FOOT The plates are made so as to cover the greater part of the length of the lesion, and are fastened to the wall by two or more screws on either side of the crack. It is an advan- tage to slightly let the plate into the wall by means of fitting it hot. In a complicated crack the plate serves the further useful pur^oose of holding in position antiseptic pledgets, and so keeping the lesion free from dirt and grit. (d) By Various Methods of handmi'mg the irhole Circum- ference of the Wall. — In our opinion this method of
. Diseases of the horse's foot. Hoofs; Horses. 174 DISEASES OF THE HOESE'S FOOT The plates are made so as to cover the greater part of the length of the lesion, and are fastened to the wall by two or more screws on either side of the crack. It is an advan- tage to slightly let the plate into the wall by means of fitting it hot. In a complicated crack the plate serves the further useful pur^oose of holding in position antiseptic pledgets, and so keeping the lesion free from dirt and grit. (d) By Various Methods of handmi'mg the irhole Circum- ference of the Wall. — In our opinion this method of attempting to secure immobility of the crack, and so pre- vent its extension, is not often followed by success. The main objection to the method is that it subjects the whole of the wall to the same pressure, and does not restrict the operation to the point at which it is required. As in the. Fig. 90.—Sand-crack Belt. case of the metal plate, however, this method has the ad- vantage that antiseptic dressings may be kept in position in the case of a complicated crack. The binding of the wall may be accomplished in two ways. The simpler of the two is to merely apply the sand-crack belt depicted in Fig. 90. Beneath this should be applied a compress of tar and tow or other material, and the whole tightened up and kept in position by means of the buckle and strap. This method of binding admits of after-tightening should it unfortunately work loose. The older method of binding the wall, and one now often practised by the smith, is to use a quantity of so-called ' tar-band' or other stout cord. AYith this the foot is neatly bound after the manner of a cricket-bat handle, and. 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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