A complete system of farriery, and veterinary medicine : containi[n]g a compendium of the veterinary art, or an accurate description of the diseases of horses, and their mode of treatment; the anatomy and physiology of the foot, and the principles and practice of shoeing. With observations on stable management, feeding, exercise, and condition / by James White ... newly arranged by the publishers, in which are introduced the late and important treatises upon the glanders, farcy, staggers, inflammation of the lungs and bowels, the prevention and treatment of lameness, and precautions to be observed in purchasing horses. By the same author. Illustrated by eighteen elegant plates.

  • White, James, -1825.
Date:
1832
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Credit: A complete system of farriery, and veterinary medicine : containi[n]g a compendium of the veterinary art, or an accurate description of the diseases of horses, and their mode of treatment; the anatomy and physiology of the foot, and the principles and practice of shoeing. With observations on stable management, feeding, exercise, and condition / by James White ... newly arranged by the publishers, in which are introduced the late and important treatises upon the glanders, farcy, staggers, inflammation of the lungs and bowels, the prevention and treatment of lameness, and precautions to be observed in purchasing horses. By the same author. Illustrated by eighteen elegant plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    neglected, we sometimes find matter formed in this part, which often breaks out at the coronet: in this case it is necessary to make an opening for the matter in the angle between the bar and crust. (See Fig. 2, Plate I, Letter t.) The sore is to be dressed with compound tincture of benzo- in, and the cavity to be loosely filled with digestive ointment, which is to be kept in by means of a bar shoe. Quitter. This disease generally arises from a wound or bruise in the coronet, and, if neglected, penetrates under the hoof, forming sinuses in various directions. The most effectual method of treating this complaint is to ascertain in the first place, the di- rection and extent of the sinuses, and then to force into them with a strong probe, some crystallized verdigris, rolled up in thin blotting or silver paper. This, though apparently alevere remedy, will be found very effectual. Sublimate and arsenic have been strongly recommended as remedies for the quittor; indeed it is probable that any caustic application would effect a cure; but I have succeeded so well with the chrystalized verdi- gris, that I have not been induced to try those medicines. When a corn has been neglected and suffered to break out at the coronet, or when the foot has been wounded, or pricked, as it is termed by the farrier, in shoeing, and this is not discovered until matter appears at the coronet; though these may be con- sidered as cases of quittor, a different treatment is required from that we have just described. In these cases the cure greatly depends on making an opening for the matter in the bottom of the foot, where the nail which inflicted the injury filtered; or if produced by a corn, the opening must be made in the angle, between the bar and crust, at e, Fig. 2, Plate I. The best dressing on these occasions is the compound tincture of benzoin and digestive ointment; a poultice is sometimes re- quired to soften the horny matter, and subdue any inflamma- i ion that may exist in the foot. Thrush. This disease consists in a discharge of fceted matter from the vleft of the frog, which part is generally rotten, and so soft as to be incapable of affording sufficient protection to the sensible'