The modern farrier, or, The art of preserving the health and curing the diseases of horses, dogs, oxen, cows, sheep, & swine : comprehending a great variety of original and approved recipes, instructions in hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, and fishing, and a summary of the game laws; with an enlivening selection of the most interesting sporting anecdotes : the whole forming an invaluable and useful companion to all persons concerned in the breeding and managing of domestic animals / by A. Lawson ... ; illustrated with numerous engravings.
- Lawson, A., active 1820-1827
- Date:
- 1823
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The modern farrier, or, The art of preserving the health and curing the diseases of horses, dogs, oxen, cows, sheep, & swine : comprehending a great variety of original and approved recipes, instructions in hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, and fishing, and a summary of the game laws; with an enlivening selection of the most interesting sporting anecdotes : the whole forming an invaluable and useful companion to all persons concerned in the breeding and managing of domestic animals / by A. Lawson ... ; illustrated with numerous engravings. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![extending lialf way down the wall. When permiU ted to increase, it generally terminates in an ulcer, which if not prevented, will ultimately destroy the cartilages and bones of the foot. When the ulcer, or qiiittor deforms the hoof, so as to render one part higher than the other, it is called a Fahe Quar- ter. When a ruiming fluid escapes through the cleft of the frogs and heels, the disease is called a Rimnhig Thrush. An old, neglected, and invete- rate sand-crack, which penetrates between the horny and fleshy soles of the foot, is termed a Canker. Causes.—This disease may arise from a variety of causes, particularly from bad shoeing, treads, over- reaches, wet pastures, or a faulty conformation of the foot. Ctire.—Cut away, down to the quick, that part of the hoof that is cracked, and dress it with a pledget of tow dipped in tar, which secure by a piece of tape; and if the crack reaches to the bottom of the foot, a bar-shoe may be useful, in preventing the quarter from springing. A blister round the comet will also be serviceable, A qjiittor can only be cured by cleaning the ulcer thoroughly. Mr. Lawrence recommends a tent to be introduced in the following manner;—Take a small piece of thin India paper, spread some butter or lard over it, then sprinkle about ten grains of coiTosive sublimate, finely powdered, over the sur- face of the paper, and roll it up into as thin a roll as possible, and introduce it into the quittor as far as it will go. The horse's head should then be tied up for a' few hours, to prevent him from rubbing it with his mouth, and the tent should be left witiiin the idcer for three or four days, at the expiration of which time it may be taken'out, and the diseased part will follow it; after which it becomes a smi])le wound, and requires nothing more than to be kept clean, and defended from the air by a bandage round it.'](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21469349_0090.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
