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knife, blistering, cutting with a sharp, hot iron, riv 

 eting, ^^nd the like. All which, in some cases, have 

 proved a failure. Now, let me say, if jou will fol- 

 low my directions, you may have a sound foot in 

 three months. Above the crack, and next to the 

 hair, cut with your knife an incision one-half inch 

 long, crosswise of the crack, and one-eighth or one- 

 sixteenth inch deep. Now, from the incision, draw 

 a line one-quarter inch each side, parallel with the 

 crack, down to the shoe. "With your knife follow 

 those lines, and cut through the enamel or crust of 

 the foot. You see, now, there is a piece of the crust 

 to be taken out. This is done by loosening the top 

 of the piece next to the hair with your knife. Then, 

 with your forceps, take hold of the piece and pull it 

 off. That leaves a space of one-half inch of the 

 crust taken out from the hair down to the shoe. Fill 

 the cavity with tar, and lace on a soft piece of leather 

 to keep the tar in its place. Keep him quiet for 

 three or four days, and he is ready to drive. Shoe 

 with a bar shoe, leaving some spring to the heel, so 

 it will not bear hard upon the weak quarter, and in 

 three months you will have a sound foot. Try it. 



