CHAPTER XX. 



ON THE DISEASES TO WHICH THE FEET OF HORSES 

 ARE SUBJECT. 



Contraction of the foot. Flat or convex soles. Thrush, its causes and 

 treatment. Canker. Corns, their connection with horny tumours. 

 Sand-crack. False-quarter. Fissure. Keraphylocele. Seedy toe. 

 Over-reach. Treads. Pricks by nails or other sharp-pointed bodies. 

 Quittor. Founder, acute and chronic. Navicular disease, or navicular 

 joint lameness. 



THERE is no department of the veterinary art which calls 

 for more attention at the present time than that concerning 

 the condition of horses' feet ; and, as regards the veterinary 

 surgeon's practice among horses, the art of shoeing has 

 formed, and will form, a most important part of the business 

 of a large proportion of veterinary surgeons practising in 

 large towns ; to all of whom the cases of lameness, their 

 character, causes, and remedies, will, if attended to, take 

 up much time and applied skill. 



ON CONTRACTION OF THE FOOT. 



This is more of an imaginary than a real state. As we said, 

 when treating on healthy structures and action, there is no 

 alternate expansion and contraction going on in the foot, 

 as has been supposed, during ordinary progression ; neither 

 is there any antagonism kept up by the hoof, tending to 

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