CONTENTS. 



XI 



Chapter VI. Care of the hoof, 



(a) Treatment of unshod hoofs, 

 (6) Care of the shod hoof, 



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Section III. — The Shoeing of Diseased Feet and of Lame Horses. 



' quoit ' ' shoe 

 around outer 



the coronet or 



Chapter I. Inflammation within the hoof, 

 Concave bar fore shoe, 



Fullered bar hind shoe (seated around toe) , 

 Fullered seated bar fore shoe, 

 Fullered seated three-quarter bar fore shoe (for harness horse) 

 Stamped bar hind shoe (for cart horse), 

 Substitutes for horn. 



Chapter II. Deformities and diseases of the hoof 



1. Flat sole, .... 



Stamped fore shoe (for cart horse). The ' 

 Stamped fore shoe (for cart horse) ' ' set ' 



margin, .... 

 Stamped hind shoe (for cart horse), 



2. Upright hoof, .... 



Stamped cart hind shoe, with toe-piece, 



3. Special shoes for horses knuckled over at 



fetlock, ..... 



4. Contracted foot, 



A. Methods of re-establishing the counter-pressure of the 



ground , or compensating for its absence 



B. Mechanical methods. 



Fullered fore shoe (for harness horse) with frog plate 

 Tip for producing frog pressure. 



Professor F. Smith's fore shoe for expanding con 

 tr acted feet, ..... 



C. Operative interference in contraction, . 



5. The laterally distorted hoof, .... 



6. The curved hoof, ..... 



Chapter III. Solutions of continuity in the horn, 



1. Sand cracks, . .... 



(a) Sand crack origirating at the coronary margin, 



(b) Sand crack of the bars, .... 



2. Transverse cracks of the wall, 



3. Loose wall, seedy toe, etc., . ' . 



4. Thrush, ....... 



Chapter IV. Inflammation of the structures enclosed by the 

 hoof, .... 



1. Pricks in shoeing, 



2. Picked-up nails. 



Stamped cart fore shoe (surgical) with arrangement for 

 dressing foot, ...... 



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