out of the foot, the author has seen caused by its 

 being too high at inside heel and outside toe, and not 

 too high on the outside of the foot back of that point, 

 a more frequent cause of the faulty position. (See 

 cut No. 9%). It depends entirely what angle the 

 first bone above the pedal bone assumes as a result of 

 the unbalanced foot. The raising of the inside heel 

 of the foot, not the raising of the surface lay of the 

 foot with some artificial appliance so that it shall be 

 deeper by including it, may, and most generally does, 

 cant the smaller pastern or coronary bone with a 

 decided slant towards the outside line of the limb; per 

 contra, it may cant it so that it will have a most 

 clearly defined inclination to the inside of the leg, 

 making the foot turn out at the toe (" toe out ") while 

 with the other position of the coronary or lower 

 pastern bone it would certainly '^toe in." The cus- 

 tomary way of shoeing the toeing out, knee-hitting 

 foot is to rasp off the outside of the wall around 

 inside toe and fit the shoe snug around the foot at 

 that point, and fit it full around the outside of the 

 foot. This is all wrong, for it throws the foot out of 

 balance and will assist in keeping up the wrong 

 position of it, for the Incorrect articulation that 

 causes the trouble will continue, will in fact, grow to 

 be more emphasized in its errors of action, causing 

 serious trouble to the joints, tendons and muscles, and 

 will cause the foot to wind in more than ever towards 

 the opposite leg. 



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