VI DEDICATION. 



with shoeing. To lessen materially the 

 number of these accidents^ is an object of 

 perhaps more importance, than to discover 

 the best manner of treating any particular 

 disease to which the horse is incident ; as 

 the former occur every day, the latter^ com- 

 paratiyely, seldom. This, therefore, must 

 serve as an apology, for offering to the pub- 

 lic, my opinions on Shoeing^ rather than on 

 any other branch of Veterinary Science. 



It has been long observed, that certain 

 shapes of shoes produced lameness more fre- 

 quently than others; from which it follows, 

 that there must exist certain principles as to 

 the construction of the shoe, and as to the 

 manner of its being apphed to the foot, 

 which, if carried generally into practice, 

 would aflTord a more firm support to the 

 weight of the body, and cause the foot to re- 

 tain its natural figure and soundness, for a 

 much longer time than is now found to be the 

 case. In the following sheets, I have endea- 

 voured briefly to shew what these principles 



