. Diseases of the horse's foot . Hoofs; Horses. INPLAMMATOEY AFFECTIONS 295 have been there for some- time. In this case, culpable though he may appear, there is every excuse for the veterinary surgeon. Once the cavity is opened at the toe in the neighbourhood of the white line, then diagnosis is easy. A blunt piece of wood, the farrier's knife, or a director may be easily passed into it, sometimes as far up as the coronary cushion (see Fig. 129). Issuing from the opening is seen occasionally a little inspissated pus ; more often, however, the dry, mealy-looking detritus to which we have befor
. Diseases of the horse's foot . Hoofs; Horses. INPLAMMATOEY AFFECTIONS 295 have been there for some- time. In this case, culpable though he may appear, there is every excuse for the veterinary surgeon. Once the cavity is opened at the toe in the neighbourhood of the white line, then diagnosis is easy. A blunt piece of wood, the farrier's knife, or a director may be easily passed into it, sometimes as far up as the coronary cushion (see Fig. 129). Issuing from the opening is seen occasionally a little inspissated pus ; more often, however, the dry, mealy-looking detritus to which we have before referred. This form of the disease we may term ' Internal Seedy-Toe,'. i K Fig. 130.—External Seedy-Toe Fig. 131.—External Seedy-Toe commencing at the plantar commencing on the anterior Boeder of the Wall. Face of the Wall. for, plainly enough, it has had its origin in chronic inflammatory changes in the keratogenous membrane. Disease of the horn and loss of' its substance may, how- ever, also commence from without. A report on this con- dition, under the title of ' External Seedy-Toe,' is to be found' in vol. xxix. of the Veterinary Journal, from which we borrow Figs. 130 and 131. In Fig. 130 it will be seen that the disease commences at the plantar surface of the toe, and extends upwards and inwards. The same condition may also appear anywhere between the coronet and the ground, gradually extending into the substance of the wall, as shown in Fig. 131. According to the writer. Colonel Nunn, the progress of the disease in this latter case appears to be faster in a downward. 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. Chicago : Alex. Eger
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