CONTENTS. 



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Description of the foot 7 



Tile horny crust 7 



The sole 8 



The frog 9 



Tlie bones of the foot 10 



The lateral cartilages 11 



The sensitive sole 11 



The sensitive frog 12 



The elastic cushion or fatty frog 12 



The coffin joint 12 



The navicular joint 12 



The natural form of the foot 13 



Removing the old shoe 13 



Preparation of the foot for receiving a new shoe 13 



Rasping the crust 14 



Paring the foot 14 



Reasons for varying the paring out of fest at different seasons 14 



Different feet require different treatment 15 



General directions for preparing the foot 15 



*' Opening out the heels" condemned , 15 



Reasons for never allowing a knife to approach, the frog 16 



Weight of the shoe 18 



Width of the web 18 



Objections to shoes *' well set off at the heels" 18 



The effect of such shoes upon the navicular joint 19 



The foot does not receive its form from the shoe 20 



The situation of the nails determines the form of the foot 20 



The form of the shoe 21 



Objections to thick-heeled slices... 21 



The toe turned up out of the line of wear 21 



Steel at the toe objectionable 21 



A clip at the toe desirable 21 



The shoe should not be too short 22 



A flat surface for the crust to bear upon 22 



The nail-holes in the flat surface, and not partly in it and partly in the 



seating 22 



The seating 22 



Tiie ground surface 22 



No objection to the application of a hot shoe to the foot to ascertain its 



bearings 22 



Reasons for removing the shoes every two or three weeks 23 



Number and situation of the nails 23 



More nails than are necessary not merely useless , , 24 



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