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INDEX. 



Development of hoof, periods in, 

 101. 



Direction of horn cells in different 

 structures, 98. 



Disadvantages of shoeing, 278. 



Disease of feet and limbs due to concus- 

 sion, 280. 



Distortion, lateral, of hoof, 360. 



Dorsal Hexion of fetlock, 118. 



"Dropped "sole, 333. 



,, special shoes for, 334, 

 335. 



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Early German shoes, 12. 

 Einsiedel's, von, winter shoe, 157. 

 Elastic tissues of foot, 45. 



,, tissue, description of, 45. 

 Epidermis, 61. 



Examination of horse after shoeing, 

 277. 

 ,, prior to shoeing, 199. 



Expansion of hoof, early experiments 



on, 117. 

 general conclusions 

 on, 117. 



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Farriers' schools, 16, 427. 

 Fire, farrier's, 142. 

 Fitting the shoe, 265. 



,, to normal feet, 267. 

 ,, for irregular confor- 

 mation of limbs, 

 268. 

 ,, ,, for rapid work, 270. 



,, ,, for heavy draught 



horses, 270. 

 Fitzwy gram's (Sir F.) shoe, 260. 

 Flat sole, 330. 



,, ,, shoe for, 330. 

 Foot-axis, 181, 208. 

 Foot, bones of, see "Bones." 

 ,, conformation of, 179. 

 ,, definition of, 20. 

 ,, structure of, 20. 

 ,, ligaments of, see "Ligaments." 

 Forging, general remarks on, 282. 



,, special shoes for, 284-286. 

 Forging the shoe, 140. 

 ,, a fore shoe, 143. 

 ,, a hind shoe, 144. 

 ,, a bar shoe, 146. 

 Form, changes in, of hoof, ^115. 

 Frog, sensitive, 51, 72. 



,, horny,,88. 

 Frog-stay, 88. 

 Frost cogs, 164. 

 ,, nails, 155. 

 ,, stubs, 155. 

 ,, screws, 158. 

 Fullering, 136. 



Functions, mechanical, of hoof. 111. 

 ,, of foot, 90. 



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Function of sensitive wall, theories of, 

 110. 



Glands, sebaceous, 63. 

 Groove, cutigeral, 81. 

 Growth of horn, influence of nerve 

 supply on, 102. 



Hacks, general remarks on shoeing, 217. 



,, special shoes for, 218, 219- 

 Hair, growth of, 62. 

 Hardening the hoof, ancient methods of, 



3. 

 Heels of shoe, length of, 212. 

 Hipposandals, 4. 

 Histology of horn, 93. 

 History of horse-shoeing, 2. 

 Hoof, form and ])roportions of, 185. 

 ,, sound, characteristics of, 191. 

 ,, rings on, significance of, 192. 

 ,, wear of, 193. 



,, ointments, action and composition 

 of, 314. 

 Horn, histology of, 93. 



tubes or fibres, 94. 



cells, 96. 



cells, directions of, in difl'erent 



structures, 98. 

 physical and chemical properties 



of, 99. 

 pigment, 99. 

 constitution of, 100, 

 growth of, 103. 

 substitutes for, 328. 

 ,, De Fay's artificial, 328. 

 , , tumours, or keratomata, 390, 398. 

 ,, frog, how formed, 65. 

 ,, sole, how formed, 65. 

 „ wall, 74. 

 ,, ,, division into toe, quarter, 



heel, etc., 75. 

 ,, ,, thickness of, 76. 

 Horse nails, 272. 

 Horse-shoeing a science and an art, 1. 



,, ,, objects of, 2. 



Horse-shoes, characters of, 133. 

 form of, 133. 

 breadth and thickness of, 



134. 

 surfaces and borders of, 

 135. 



,, machine-made, 151. 



" Huflederkitt," 328. 

 Hunters, general remarks on shoeing, 

 220. 

 ,, special shoes for, 223-228. 



Inflammation within the hoof, 316. 



,, ,, symptoms 



of, 317. 



,, ,, ,, treatment 



of, 319. 



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