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rections given for the perfect foot, Fig. 23. This will equalize 

 the bearings throughout, then, if the conditions are favorable 

 for natural frog pressure, use flat, thin heeled shoes. If only 

 one side bone exists, use the three-quarter shoe. Fig. 59, but if 

 both sides are alike involved, it is better to insert a simple tip 

 around the toe — the object being to place both shoe and nails 

 to the best advantage, that all avoidable pressure may be removed 

 from the diseased region. Eeset the shoes at frequent enough 

 intervals to keep the foot true to its natural balance. 



Fig. 48. Thelaminal 

 leaves of the horse's foot 

 are, as already men- 

 tioned, peculiarly sus- 

 ceptible to the influ- 

 ences of disease, con- 

 cussion, injurious burn- 

 ing, compression, etc. 

 The present subject is 

 a characteristic example 

 of the evils last named. 

 Spurs of the horny 

 laminffi arise from ex- 

 ternal compression up- a, Spur of horny laminse, produced by clip 

 on toe of the wall, and ^" ^^loe. 



appear upon its inner surface in the form of a hard, callosity of 

 varying thickness and length. In the above figure the growth 

 has extended the full length of the leaves, imbedding itself 

 against the cofiin-bone, which has wasted away as this extra- 

 neous growth proceeded. Fig. 49 is a view of the lower 

 face of same hoof and completes the story of the case. It shows 

 a severely contracted quarter and heel on one side, and a large 

 surplus growth around the front of the other, and all over its 

 surface are the visible signs of hot fitting and bad shoeing. The 

 bars and frog have been pared away and the strength of the 



Fig. 48. hoof of draft hoese, indicating 

 the destructive effects of hot fitting and 

 clipping. 



