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HEAED'S CONDITION POWDERS will improve the general 

 condition of the patient very materially. If properly 

 treated, the average case of laminitis will recover in 

 about a week or ten days. If the disease is extremely 

 acute and hard to get rid of, it sometimes results in a 

 change of structure taking place in the inside of the 

 hoof, whereby the coffin bone is dislocated by being 

 pushed down at the toe, and the sole will be seen bulging 

 downward in a convex position, as seen in Figs. 42 & 43. 



Fig. 42. Side view of foot 

 with convex sole. 



Fig. 43. Bottom view of foot 

 with convex sole. 



If this occurs, complete itecovery is impossible. After 

 an attack of laminitis apply a bar shoe seen in Fig. 44 

 allowing it to set close to the hoof. If the sole has be- 

 come convex or bulging sometimes called drop-sole 

 the shoe seen in Fig. 45 will be the best to prevent 



Fig. 44. Bar shoe. 



Fig. 45. Shoe for convex sole. 



