PATHOLOGICAL SHOES. 305 



It has also a base of an oval 



the form generally known 

 form, witliout an open- 

 ing in the middle. The 

 two lateral clips towards 

 the anterior part, instead 

 of being separate and 

 terminated by ears, are 

 brought together and 

 united into a point which 

 is bent towards the front in a hook or ear projecting above 

 the anterior convex border of the shoe. This form ap- 

 pears altogether new, and M. Fischer has never seen one 

 like it in the veterinary schools of Alfort, or elsewhere ' 

 (fig. 116). Professor Defays, of Brussels, has rehabilitated 

 iig. 1 12, and attach- 

 ed it to a horse's 

 limb. It will be 

 observed that the 

 fastening for the 

 strap at the heel is 

 rather awkwardly 

 placed, and so arranged that no horse could walk with it. 

 Fischer,' in describing those of the first and second 

 class, previously discovered, remarks that they were not 

 attached by means of nails, but by straps or cords. 

 When the Jer was found to be adapted to the size of a 

 particular foot, the prolongation at the heel (supposed to 

 be previously on a level with the body of the ' sandal ') 

 was then bent upwards in conformity with the dimensions 



fig. 116 



' Journal de Med.Velerinaire, 1853. 

 20 



