Growth of Hind Feet. 



It is a not infrequent trouble with the hind feet 

 that they get to growing outward at the outside quar- 

 ter, forming a wing thereon and thus growing away 

 from the proper line of the limb, and therefore not 

 properly supporting it. This outside wing should be 

 gradually rasped off and the shoe fitted snug, close 

 inside of the wall under this irregular growth and a 

 shade full along the inside from toe back to heel. 

 This will weaken the support of the overgrown side 

 of the foot and strengthen the weaker side, thus 

 assisting nature to cure this irregularity of growth, 

 with the result of aiding the foot in its proper sup- 

 port of the limb. 



Balance the Foot with Kasp, not Shoe. 



When a foot is out of balance, one side higher— or 

 deeper as some may choose to call it— than the other, 

 the lessened depth must not be increased by the 

 appliance of iron to raise that side to the depth of the. 

 deeper, but the deeper side must be rasped down on 

 the surface of the wall to match the depth of the 

 lesser, for it must be borne in mind that the improper 

 position of the bones in the foot creating the incor- 

 rect articulation cannot be changed to a proper one, 

 except by adjusting the ^'balance''' of the foot itself. 

 External appliances, such as increased thickness of 

 shoe at one point or another will not and cannot 

 remedy the evil. If, however, the deepest side of the 

 foot is not in itself deep enough, in comparison, so as 

 to be able to stand paring to obtain the required 

 depth, owing to the fact that the opposite side is 

 altogether too much lessened in depth, then a thick- 

 ened shoe may be used until the feet shall be grown 

 down to sufficient depth to obviate the difficulty by 

 the use of the rasp only. These instructions apply 

 more particularly to the back part of the feet, though 

 of course irregularities in depth at any point on the 

 foot must be remedied by the rasp used on the surface 

 where possible, and not by the use of thickened shoes 

 except as mentioned. 



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