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shoe was now put on, when he ti-aveled as well as ever. Most of 

 such cases can be easily cured while the horse is kept at his usual 

 work, by putting on an open shoe if the foot will bear it, if not, a 

 light bar shoe, with the part coming under the corn entirely cut 

 away, leaving only sufficient to cover the wall. It will not mat- 

 ter whether the bar is cut away or not, 

 as there will be nothing over it to harbor 

 gravel or dirt. It would be advisable to 

 fit the shoe carefully, or even drive tAvo 

 or three nails, to know exactly the posi- 

 tion of the shoe upon the wall. Then 

 mark the part to be cut out, when the 

 nails can be pulled out, the part cut or 

 filed away properly, and the shoe again 

 nailed in place. 



The success in the treatment of the case 

 referred to, led me to believe I had made Fig. 541.— Shoe fitted for cur- 

 an important discovery, as I had not *°S corns. From Cole- 

 found it laid down by any of the ordinary ^^^ ^ ^"^^ ' 

 authorities on " Shoeing," under my notice. Since then, upon in- 

 vestigation, I have found that the principle was well understood 

 by many old authorities, though the method of treatment, as will 

 be seen, was slightly different. 



Page 96, of Freeman's work on "Shoeing," pubUshed in 1796, 

 says: — 



" I have frequently bought horses whose feet, on examination, 

 proved to have corns, occasioned by ill-made shoes having pressed 

 upon them. These were, in general, easily cured by paring the 

 feet properly where the grievance lay, and turning the horse out 

 without shoes for two or three months." 



In the supplement to Coleman's work, published in 1802, the 

 writer found, for the cure of corns, the shoe cut away over the 

 corn (see Fig. 541). 



Bracy Clark's work, in 1809, for the cure of corns, gives an 

 illustration of a shoe with that part which would come over the 

 corn entirely cut away. The half-moon shoe, or tip, by Lafosse, 

 referred to hereafter, is claimed to cure corns. Csesar Fiaschi, of 

 the 16th century, gives a cut of a three-quarter shoe; almost the 

 same form as that of Bracy Clark's, for this trouble. White's 

 work, published in 1820, says: — 



