NAVICULAR-JOINT LAMENESS. 



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Fig 700. 



-Side view of second form of 

 Roburg's shoe. 



and when in the stable, keeping the foot cool Ly sUghtly packing 

 the sole with wet oakum, and covering the coronet with wet 

 cloths. If there was any contraction, he made it a particular point 

 to relieve it and the compression of the wall at the same time, as 

 quickly as ho could, 

 by the adjustment of 

 his spring, which is 

 explained and illus- 

 trated in connection 

 with his shoes on the 

 pages referred to. His 

 best shoe, he claimed, 

 for this purpose, is the 

 one here shown, of which I give very accurate sectional drawings, 

 with those of others made on the same principle, on pages 691 , 692. 

 In fitting the shoe to the condition of lameness, he is very particular 



to adjust it so as to 



ease the strain or 

 cause of irritation to 

 the greatest possible 

 degree, frequently be- 

 ing compelled to exper- 

 iment, more or less, by 

 moving the shoe a lit- 

 tle to the right or left, 

 then noticing the ef- 

 fect upon the horse in 

 traveling. When 

 there is improvement, it is accepted as proof of the correctness of 

 his adjustment; if, on the other hand, there is not what he regards 

 as satisfactory progress, he changes the shoe according to the 

 indications of the case until successful. The real point of this 

 shoe is that, by its rounded form, it supplies the lack of mobility 

 caused by the inflammation and soreness in the foot ; that 

 it acts, as it were, as "an extra joint to the foot," which is 

 the necessary requisite; so that for all forms of acute or chronic 

 lameness he tries to aid the freedom of the foot in motion by the 

 conformation of the shoe and its adjustment. 



Mr. Roburg has had such remarkable success in the manage- 

 ment of such cases by his treatment, the one referred to beino' 



Fig. 701.— Roburg's shoe. 



