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The form of the shoe which I recommend is represented in 

 the following woodcuts ; and it ought to be so made and fitted as 



Fig. 55. Fig. 56. 



Fig. 55. — Inferior (concave) surface of shoe. 

 Fig. 56. — Superior (fiat) suiiace of siioe, bearing on the sole. 



to bear upon all parts of the sole and crust that are calculated to 

 bear pressure. Experience and anatomical investigation point 

 to the conclusion that the sole 

 as well as the crust is intended 

 to perform this weight-bearing 

 function : the sole around the 

 margin of the crust for the dis- 

 tance of about half-an-inch in 

 all parts of the foot except at 

 the heels — i.e., that part of it 

 embraced in the triangle be- 

 tween the wall and bar ; in fact, 

 the seat of corn. Here the shoe 

 should rest upon the wall only, 

 being made sufficiently narrow 

 at this part (as seen in Figs. 55, 

 56). By the application of such 



a shoe, all parts of the foot Cal- sole,Trogrand"barruntouche(i with the 



culated to bear weight are called ^f^^ ^o"" *7° y«^f « \ the natural length 



° , 1 o^ toe and depth of wall kept m their 



upon to perform their natural relative positions by the rasp only. 



function ; the various structures 



kept in their proper and relative position ; the frog allowed to 



come to the ground to prevent concussion; the weight of the 



Fig. 57. 

 The foot prepared for the shoe. 



The 



