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Marston Moor Shoe. Thomas Blandevil. I taUaa Technical 

 Terms. Blundevil's Art of Shoeing. The 'Butter.' Its 

 Derivation. Manner of Making and Putting-on Shoes, Un- 

 profitable Devices. The German and Italian Anti-slipping 

 Shoes. Shoes without Nails. Jointed Shoes. Every Gen- 

 tleman could Shoe his Horse in Germany. The ' Planche ' 

 Shoe. Injurious Results of Blundevil's Teaching. Baret and 

 Markham. Snape. France. The Marechaux Ferrants. 

 Solleysel. Royal F'arriers. Home's Translation of Solleysel. 

 Shoeing in France. 



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The Establishment of Veterinary Schools in France. Treatises 

 on Shoeing. Clumsy Specimens of Shoes. Lafosse, sen., the 

 greatest Authority on Modern Farriery. The Evils of Shoe- 

 ing. Destructive Paring. Improved Shoeing. The Short 

 Shoe and the Incrusted Shoe. Opposition of the Parisian 

 Farriers. Lafosse, junior. Bourgelat, the Founder of the 

 Veterinary Schools in France. The Adjusted Shoe. Burning 

 the Hoofs when fitting the Shoes. Jeremiah Bridges. The 

 Influence of Locality on the Hoofs. The ' Screw ' Shoe. 

 Numerous Diseases of the Foot. Osmer. Complaint against 

 Farriers. English Shoeing. Contracted Hoofs. Navicular 

 Disease. The Evils ol^ Paring. The Seated Shoe. Just Re- 

 marks. The Use of the Rasp. The Flat Shoe. Expansion 

 of the Horse's Foot. Clark's Treatise. Prejudice against 

 Improvements. The Earl of Pembroke. Unshod Horses. 

 Management of the Hoofs. Defective Shoes. Clark's Shoe. 



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Establishment of the London Veterinary School, M, St Bel. 

 Moorcroft. The Qualities of a good Shoe. Coleman. Errors 

 in Physiology, Conclusions of Coleman as to Shoeing. Im- 

 practicable Shoeing. Bracy Clark. Exaggerated Notions and 

 Re-discoveries. Futile Experiments. Various Writers. Mr 

 Goodwin's Method. Its Recommendations and Appropriate- 

 ness. Its Composite Character, Preparation of the Hoof and 

 Application of the Shoe, Errors in this Method, The Bar 

 and Jointed Shoe, Discouragement of Veterinary Science in 

 Britain, The Unilateral Shoe. Youatt and his Teaching. 

 Miles' Method of Shoeing, Its Fallaciousness, Hot-fitting. 



