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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



it may be kept moist by applying several folds of flannel round 

 the coronet constantly wetted with warm water, also by having the 

 horse stand in warm soaking tubs for two or three hours a day. 



While Fig. 65 is 

 introduced in order to 

 illustrate the extent to 

 which disease may ef- 

 fect a foot through an}^ 

 mismanagement, it is 

 not proposed to suggest 

 any cure for such an 

 affection ; but rather to 

 state that, by careful 

 attention to the prepa- 

 ration and shoeing of a 

 foot, such diseases mav 

 be avoided. It is the 



moral of the old but 

 Fig. 65. external appearance of hoof de- ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ,, ^^^ 



formed by fedit1.s, and overgrown by neg- 

 LECT, ounce of prevention is 



A, A, Dotted line, to which surplus growth at worth a pound of cure." 

 toe should be removed. B, B, Dotted line, to jf-^. qq on the OD- 



posite page, is a section 

 of the preceding figure, 

 through axis of leg from front to rear. The unnatural position 

 of the foot is noticeable ; the surplus growth at the heel has 

 raised it out of position, and the decayed coffin-bone is evidently 

 due to peditic degeneration. This is regarded as the very best 

 illustration of this disease in print, and speaks for itself. 



which surplus growth at lieel should be re 

 moved. C, Wall of foot 



Dished- wheel Foot. — Fig. 67, page 172. To shoe a 

 foot of this kind file or rasp the surplus growth on the 

 dished side from B to C, C, and the surplus growth at 

 base from D to D. Open up the curled heel overlapping 



