8o EXAMINATION OF HORSES 



part of the smith when being shod. Pathologically- 

 regarded, corns, one would think, could be easily re- 

 moved ; but such is not the case — plainly showing, to 

 my mind, that their tendency to form is very strong in 

 such feet as those in which we find them. Let me cau- 

 tion you against being satisfied by looking for corns 

 on the inner side; the very fact that they do occur on the 

 outer heel shows us that we have no more right to pass 

 over this than we have to pass over any other point 

 because defects found in it are oi less frequent ocaxrx&ncQ. 

 We do not pass over unnoticed the hind foot because it 

 is less frequently the seat of disease than the fore foot. 

 I mention this because so many persons only search for 

 corns in the inner heel and pass over the outer one. 



Whilst you have the shoe off, you can observe better 

 than with it on the state of the sole as to its convexity. 

 It is astonishing how one may be deceived in this matter 

 when the shoe is on, especially if the shoe be rather 

 thick. In such cases a somewhat flattened sole may 

 appear to be far more concave (arched) than it really is. 



Laminitis, subacute and chronic, I have already told 

 you about, and I shall reserve the subject of navicular 

 disease till to-morrow. 



