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ments of anatomical science. The practice of farriery, viz., 

 that branch of the veterinary art which takes under its 

 charge the art of shoeing and the treatment of lameness 

 subjects intimately allied and inseparably connected in 

 which, as a whole, science, artistic skill, and physical activity, 

 are called into requisition, demands the resources of self- 

 denying, able men. 



Whilst showing that it is no common smith's work that 

 we are engaged to give an exposition of, it may be readily 

 seen that it is a work for many hands, and does not admit 

 of being equally cultivated to perfection as a whole by all 

 who take it up. Let the same division of labour be encou- 

 raged in the art of horse-shoeing as prevails in every other, 

 and something will be done towards arriving at a better 

 general knowledge, and instead of the matter being looked 

 on as everybody's business, whilst no one thinks it incumbent 

 on himself to take the necessary pains to master its details, 

 each man will be induced, it is hoped, to do something in its 

 furtherance, and share in the honours and responsibilities 

 accruing. 



The relative share that different workers may take in the 

 cultivation and practice of shoeing is not readily distinguish- 

 able in any marked degree, if the hand has need of the head, 

 so does the latter depend on the former. 



The physiologist may be supposed the most likely to open 

 up new grounds, whilst the ingenious worker, applying his 

 resources of art, with the help of some correct knowledge on 

 the movements of the foot, will so accommodate means to 

 requirements, that the art will contribute in turn its share 

 to the science. 



In the range of knowledge necessary for the prosecution of 

 the art of farriery, a body of disciplined men are required, 

 possessing abilities varied in kind, which can only be found 



