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HISTORY OF HOKSE-SHOEING. 



heels and toepieces, hinged shoes and shoes with rounded toe. 

 He already makes a clear difference between toe, quarter, and 

 heel clips. He employs shoes with rings in the heels in order 

 to give increased shoulder action. It, therefore, seems right to 



regard Italy as the 

 country of origin of 

 systematic horse-shoe- 



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Fig. 6. 



In Germany the art 

 attained prominence 

 towards the end of the 

 sixteenth century. 

 Seuter of Augsburg in 

 1598 published a book 

 on the medical care of 

 animals, in which are 

 described special shoes 

 for the treatment of 

 contracted feet. 



Most of the ancient 

 horse-shoes found in 

 Germany resemble 

 more or less those 

 shown in figs. 6, 7, and 

 8. The broad shoes 

 are often described as 

 Swedish, though it is 

 by no means proved 

 that this form origin- 

 ated in Sweden. On 

 the contrary, ac- 

 . . ^ c, . ., ,...,, , cording to Schmid of 



Figs. 6 and 7.— Shoes of the Middle Ages (about the 13th , ° 



century), found in excavating foundations for the Muuich broad sllOeS 

 Gymnasium at Borna in 1876. ' 



had been employed in 

 Germany for a long time before the invasion from Sweden. 



In France, in the seventeenth century, appeared Solleysel's 

 Far fait Marechal. This book was translated into many 

 languages, but, according to Veterinary-Surgeon Megnin, was 

 only a paraphrase of Fiaschi's work. Solleysel's shoe is 

 moderately broad, and provided with eight nail-holes, placed well 



Fig. 



