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SHOEING. 



Fig. 540.— Hinge Bar Shoe for Cure 

 of Contraction. 



Sand Crack, or Fissure at the Toe. 



Th''' is usually the result of a diseased condition or ulceration 

 of the upper anterior part of the coffin-bone, caused by injury to the 

 part. In a large number of dissections made by Mr. Gamgee, to 

 whom I am indebted for treatment here given, he found cases of the 



pyramidal process to be common, and 

 a depression down in front to be also 

 frequent. The front of such feet is. 

 weak and deficient both in hoof and 

 bone. The bottom of the foot must 

 have nothing removed from it except 

 to level it down at the quarters. The 

 front of the hoof should be left rather 

 long and deep, the shoe to come well 

 back under the quarters, and clips to be 

 taken up, one on each side of the toe. 

 When the shoe is applied, the clips are 

 neither to be let into the wall nor 

 roughly hammered up to it, but to be 

 drawn just tight enough to support and 

 hold the part firm. For treatment of the fissure, take tar and 

 resin one ounce and tallow a quarter of an ounce, and melt together. 

 Apply this while warm to the fis- 

 sure of the hoof and coronet, then 

 place a layer of tow over this 

 dressing, and bind the wall of the 

 foot with a broad tape, to support 

 its position and keep the part firm. 

 A cure in bad cases is not to be 

 expected. 



Corns. 



Corns are usually to be found at 

 the inner heel, or at the angle be- 

 tween the bar and the crust, and 

 are caused by the shoe pressing 

 upon the part. This will be most 

 likely to occur should the wall 

 break down, or be cut away so much 

 as to let the shoe rest upon the sole, or should the shoe be nailed 

 well back on the outside and toe, as then, if left on too long, it will 

 be drawn outward and forward so much that the inner heel will be 

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Fig. 541. — Spring Inside Shoe Riveted to 

 Toe Part for Expanding Quarters. 



