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DISEASES AND THEIE TKEATMENT. 



shoe, setting it to the position of the sound limb, then packing and 

 bandaging all together jiist above the point of operation. (See il- 

 lustrations below.) 



" The adjustable brace shoe, shown in Fig. 877, is also simjjle, 

 which is taken from the very shoe actually in use on one of the 

 worst cases of contraction of the flexor tendon ever in New York 



City. A horse belong- 

 ing to Messrs. Smith & 

 McWilliam, Manhat- 

 tan Gas Works, N. Y., 

 was a large, powerful 

 draught horse, be- 

 tween fourteen a n d 

 fifteen hundred 

 weight, used at very 

 h ea vy work . T h rough 

 some sprain to the off 

 hind limb, he kept 

 walking on the toe for 

 about five or six 

 months. Every known 

 remedy was tried to 

 prevent knuckling, 

 both as regards medi- 

 cal treatment and 

 Fig 878.^D^wing of model shoe and bar designed shoeing. Heavy plates 

 for this purpose, and its adjustment. of steel were welded in 



front of the toe of the 

 shoo. During another six months, he kept going over, until 

 finally he walked on the anterior face of the hoof, with the fetlock 

 joint resting on the ground. Fig. 87G shows the position in which 

 the foot was carried. The limb appeared to bo paralyzed above the 

 joint. When he was down, he was quite hel])less, had to be helped 

 up, and in the end could hardly be made to stand alone. The own- 

 ers decided to have him destroyed, although only eight years old, 

 but first acquainted their veterinary surgeon. He advised tenot- 

 omy, which was performed in the month of March, 1878. In a 

 fcAv weeks the horse worked on Mr. Smith's farm at heavy plough- 

 ing, and other farm work. Shortl}^ after, he was taken back to 

 the city, put to the same heavy work again, when he worked for 

 two j^eai-s, and never afterward showed the slightest lameness, or 

 even weakness in that lecc." 



In 1865, I purchased a pair of finely matched stallions. After 

 being trained carefully, the first time exhibited they were driven 

 to a new wagon. In turning short around, the wheel caught into 

 the rub-iron, and being on sideling ground, it caused the wagon 

 to upset, when the horses got away and ran into their stable close 

 by. Upon examination, it was found that the sharp corner of 



