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foot, so as to allow free expansion for the heels. This cannot be 

 done with a shoe being nailed on by nails placed at each side. To 

 illustrate this point, place a small horse-shoe flat in the palm of 

 the hand with the fingers close to one another ; then tie, with a 

 piece of cord, the little finger to one side of the shoe, and the thumb 

 to the other side ; then you will realize to what extent you can 

 expand the fingers so secured. So it is just with the foot of a horse 

 with the shoe nailed on at each side. Remove the cord from one 

 finger, and the whole hand is free to expand. So likewise the 

 foot of the horse bv one-sided nailing. 



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(3.) Corns. — This is a red spot on the inner portion of the heel 

 of the foot, causing lameness, and consists of a bruise from the 

 shoe pressing upon the part, the shoes having shifted from their 

 proper position, or never having been placed there. In general, 

 the production of corns may be laid to the charge of the horse- 

 shoer, and sometimes to the owner allowing the horse to go long 

 before the shoes are removed, or before the foot has grown from 

 the shoes. Corn is an analogical term, although bearing no re- 

 semblance to that well-known aff'ection of the feet of man. 



Treatment. Remove the corns by cutting them out; then apply 

 a few drops of commercial sulphuric acid to the part. Shoe the 

 horse sufficiently often to insure even bearing to the shoe upon the 

 wall only of the foot. 



(4.) False Quarter. — This is a term applied to the horn or por- 

 tion of the hoof, which overlaps or bulges out from the line of the 

 second portion of the hoof 



Causes. An injury to the coronet or ligament, which secretes, 

 or from which the hoof grows. This causes an alteration of the 

 horn of the hoof below, corresponding to the exteni: of the injury. 



Treatment. As there will be an enlargement, more or less, remain- 

 ing after an injur}^ to the coronet, little will be required to be 

 done, but to keep the horn as level with the hoof proper as possi- 

 ble, in order to make it look less of an eye-sore. 



(5.) Inflammation of the Foot. — (See Founder.) 



(6.) Pricks. — Pricks may occur in the act of shoeing, or from a 

 nail being picked up on the street, and from other hard-pointed 

 substances. 



Treatment. Pull the nail out, and poultice the foot for twenty- 



