INDEX 



ADVANCiyG FOOT, method of, 182. 

 AluTuinium shoes, 132. 

 Ancients unacquainted with horse-shoe- 

 ing, 3. 

 Anti-concussive mechanism of limb, 112. 

 Arteries of foot, 54. 

 Asses, shoeing of, 310. 



" Back," making a, 142. 

 Bare-foot, working, 210. 

 Bar shoes, special, 324-327. 

 Bars of foot, 70, 77. 



,, angle of, 77. 



,, relations and extent of, 78. 

 " Binding," a cause of lameness, 380. 

 Blood-vessels, description of, 52. 

 Bones of foot, 24. 



The great metacarpus, 24, 



The sufifraginis bone or 1st phalanx, 

 24. 



The sesamoid bones, 26. 



The coronet bone or 2nd phalanx, 27. 



The pedal bone or 3rd phalanx, 28. 



The navicular bone, 30. 

 Bulbs, cellular, of foot, 49. 



Calkins, 147. 



,, disadvantages of, 215. 

 " Canker " of the frog or sole, 400. 



,, special shoes for dressing, 



383-385, 401, 402. 

 Capillaries, description of, 53. 

 Capped elbow, shoe for, 413. 

 Carriage horses, general remarks on 



shoeing, 236. 

 ,, ,, special shoes for, 



241-243. 

 Cart horses, general remarks on shoeing, 

 247. 

 ,, ,, special shoes for, 249-252. 

 Cartilage, description of, 45. 



,, lateral, 46. 

 Celtic shoes, 5. 



Changing the style of shoeing, 264. 

 Charlier shoe and system, 254. 



,, tip, 258. 

 Cogs, fro.st, 164. 

 Competitions, shoeing, 429. 



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Competitions, ground plan of buildings 

 for, 433. 

 ,, judge's book for, 432. 



Concussion, how it is neutralised, 113. 

 Conformation of foot, 179. 



„ limbs (fore), 172. 



„ (hind), 177. 

 Contraction of heels, 340. 



predisposing causes, 



343. 

 exciting causes, 345. 

 treatment, 347, 359. 

 mechanical treat- 

 ment, 350. 

 ,, De Fay's shoe for, 



350. 

 , , Hartman n's expand- 

 ing shoes for, 350. 

 ,, Einsiedel's shoe for, 

 351. 

 foot, special shoes, etc. for, 

 353, 354. 

 ,, operation for, 355. 

 ,, weak heels, 356. 

 ,, ,, local, 357. 



Control of horse, 197. 

 Corium, 61. 



Corn, titting shoe for, 322. 

 Corns, 387. 



,, microscopical changes in Avail 



after, 388. 

 ,, varieties of, 389. 

 ,, special shoes for, 393-395. 

 Coronary band, 68. 



,, ' plexus, 58. 

 Cracks, transverse, of wall, 372. 

 Curb, shoes for, 410, 411. 

 Curvature, lateral, of hoof, 363. 

 Cutigeral groove, 81. 

 Cutting or striking, general remarks on, 



286. 

 ,, ,, special shoes for, 



288-300. 

 boots for, 291. 

 Delperier's remedy 



for, 291. 

 weighted shoes for, 

 291. 



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