DOUBLE SHOE FOR DISEASED FOOT. 

 Bj B, B, B, Projections with screw-holes to receive screws of lower shoe. 



C, Nail-holes to fasten upper shoe on the foot. 



D, F, The bars pressing the leather against the sole. 



E, E, E, E, Projections with holes ; the screws pass through them to those on the upper 

 shoe, to be tightened as necessary. 



This shoe is especially applicable in the treating of pumiced foot. 



shoeing in producing them, as well as every thing necessary to 

 the skillful performance of his trade. It is true that general 

 rules and principles may be laid down to assist him, and, to some 

 extent, govern his operations, but much will depend on his judg- 

 ment. If it be true, as it most certainly is, that shoeing is always 

 attended with some injury to the foot, how much more evil may 

 we expect when the operation is badly performed, as it must 

 often be, when the smith is ignorant of the structure, nature, 

 and movements of the complicated machine (for such the 

 horse's foot may appropriately be styled) with which he has to 

 interfere ! 



The injuries that are liable to be done to the horse's foot by 

 bad shoeing are numerous, but not immediately inflicted. They 

 are only the more dangerous on this account. They are brought 

 on gradually, by the continued evil of bad shoeing. The horse 

 is often totally destroj'ed in this way, the owner never suspect- 

 ing the true cause of the difficulty, or if he should hint such a 

 thing, his smith, watchful of his ®wn interests, refers it to every 

 thing but the right cause. 



