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JM8EASES AND TllElJl TREATMENT. 



pcriencc of able men of uU times and countries ; in other words, by 

 means Avhieh are only acquired by ai)plication of mind and liands 

 for years to the art. I used no differently made shoe for that marc 

 from those I use lor other horses of her class doing the same Avork; 

 viz., shoes with calkins adapted to the pavement and hills of 

 Edinburgh; nor v;as there anj-thing special in the way I fitted her 



shoes; the}'- Avere adapted to the mo- 

 tion and requirement of the feet in the 

 mare's particular case, according to the 

 principles inculcated in this Avork. !N"o 

 other agencies Averc used beyond the 

 ordinary measures I recommend for 

 the feet of all horses, to be hereafter 

 noticed. 



The two folloAving and the last fig- 

 ures of the series are representations 

 of the different structures of the same 

 loot; a section of the hoof, and the 

 coffin and navicular bones of the off 

 fore foot of a horse, Avhose case I am 

 about to describe b}^ the he!]) of these 

 illustrations. 



The subject Avas a fi\'e-year-old Cly- 

 desdale stallion, for Avhich a nobleman 

 in the Avest of Scotland paid £300, and 

 at Avhose instance, not many months 

 after the purchase, I AA^as called to at- 

 tend the animal, not, hoAvcA'er, until too 

 late lor m}^ services to be of any avail. 

 The horse died a fcAv hours before 1 

 reached the ])laee Avhere he was, in 

 Ayrshire. With the splendid carcass 

 lying extended before me, I made in- 

 quiries into the history of the case, and 

 after receiving tlie necessary replies for 

 my i)urpose, and obtaining permission 

 to bring aAvay the feet of the animal, 

 1 removed them and returned Avith 

 them to Edinburgh. The disease from which the horse had suf- 

 lei'ed Avas inflammation of the feet, and death ensued through 

 long-continued ii-ritant fever, ending in a blood-contaminated 

 system. 



Fig. 728 is that of the inner half of the hoof of the off fore foot; 

 the section, made longitudinally, passes through the middle of the 

 frog, sole, and Avail. The bulging down of the sole and its thin 

 state are apparent; the Avhite spot represents an opening through 

 Avhich an excrescence of the inflamed texture jjrotruded. 



Fig. 729 represents the coffin and navicular bones, upon the 

 latter of Avhich no further remarks are necessary than to state that 

 that bone Avas found in perfect health. 33ut to the coffin-bone and 



Fig. 728. 



