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be sunk. This disease seldom admits of a cure. 

 But when the convexity of the sole has arisen 

 from bad shoeing, the only method by which 

 permanent relief can be obtained, will be by 

 running at grass, without shoes, for six months 

 at least. As the complaint is brought on, in a 

 great degree, by partial pressure on the wall of 

 the hoof by hollow-webbed shoes, nothing can 

 be so conducive to the restoration of the primi- 

 tive form of the foot, as a general pressure on 

 the sole and frog, by which means the wall of 

 the hoof will be less impeded in its growth, 

 and will be thence enabled to recover its ori- 

 ginal strength and texture. 



This is to be effected by no other means 

 than by remaining at grass, barefoot, for a con- 

 siderable length of time. 



As the front of the foot loses, in this disease, 

 its natural straight direction, and becomes curv- 

 ed as it approaches the ground, it is necessary 

 E 3 that 



