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in the relative position of the navicular bones, brought 

 about by turned down, calkined, or thick heeled shoes. 

 (Williams.) 



Remedy. — Remove shoes and allow frog to come to 

 the ground. Stand in cold water or apply cold wet swabs 

 for several hours daily. Poultice at night. Physic and 



Fig. 92 represents the bones after their naturally oblique position has been 

 changed to an almost perpendicular position by thick heeled shoes. 

 The lower end of the os coronae (b) rests partly on the navicular (d), 

 instead of wholly on the pedal bone (c) ; hence the disease. 



cooling diet. After 2 or 3 weeks blister coronet lightly. 

 If necessary seton frog for 3 or 4 weeks. If disease still 

 persists, relegate to slow work ; shoes without heels or toe 

 piece, or try neurotomy. Concussion is diminished by 

 shoeing with leather and using shoes thick in quarters 

 and thin at toe and heels. 



