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in an oil-meal poultice so that the poultice will come on the 

 inside more than on any other part of th^ foot, for from 

 twelve to thii ty-six hours. After the foot has become soft 

 use a shoe like that shown in Fig-. 67. Fit the shoe to the 

 foot. After the shoe is nailed on take a spreader (I use a 



Fig . 67— The Shoe used when the inside Quarter and Heel are contracted 



spreader in many cases of quarter crack and contraction), 

 hisert the spreader at the heels of the shoe and thus throw 

 out the inside web of the shoe, for you will see that the 

 shoe is weakened at the inside toe and will not give at any 

 other point. It is unsafe to spread more than a little at a 



