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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



insf of the foot bv the furrier or its 



previous iiegleet. Let the foot always 



be pared level, and the shoe properly 



adjusted to the wall, and corns will 



;i ii^^^^ jjB^^^^L\'\l ^"*^ "*^ abidino; ])laee in feet possessed 

 \\m k^^^^^MyMl. ol' these conditions. 



To determine where the seat of 

 \S|I' . J^' a . ! V ^'^'Pr lameness is, take my foot testers (Fig. 



195), and clasp around the union of sole 



and wall. If the horse does not flinch 

 Fig. 60. inside view of ... ^i j> ^ ^ • ^ /. 



HOOF, SHOWING KFKECTS OF ^^ ^^'1^^' .^'''\^P ^^'^ ^^^^ at pOlUt of 



DHoppED SOLE AND HARD fi'og. If hc v iclds to the prcssurc, thiu 



the sole at that point. On close ex- 



A, A Seat of hard callous ^^^^-^^^^-^q,, ^jH fi^^ ^ hard, callous 



corn. B, B, Coronary band. •' 



C, Dotted line from coronet substance, somewhat resembling the 



to ground surface at toe, j_,.^j,j ^.^^j,,^ ^^,j ^j,^ human foot. Pare 

 showing shallow wall due to 



wasting away of toe from hot the sole at this point quite thin, so as 



fitting an.l clipping. D, D, ^^^ .^\\^^y^y \^ to spring when the horse is 

 Internal fissures. E, Kidge 



of internal spur. F, Front bearing his weight on the foot; this 



face of wall. -^vill give relief at once. Apply shoe. 



Fig. 35, to the foot, and punch nail holes in shoe to meet the 

 conditions of the foot. It may be advisable to poultice the bot- 

 tom until soreness is removed. 



Hard corns are protuberances growing upon the inner sole, 

 at its junction with the horny laminae, and lie beneath, as well 

 as at the side and rear of the foot bone. They consist of a 

 hardened excrescence of the skin, which crowds in upon the 

 sensitive surfaces, and thus become the source of much trouble 

 and pain. The corn may be generated by severe contusions upon 

 the inner sole, but it generally arises from a lateral compression 

 of th.e horny hoof inward upon the sensitive parts. 



The vertical pressure of the horse's weight upon the foot 

 bone is oftentimes so severe, and its winged extremities are 

 pressed down upon the underlying tissues of the sensitive sole 



