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CHAPTER XL 



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 

 SHOEING. 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 Vl'HEN 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 OF PARING. THE 

 SEATED SHOE. JUST REMARKS. THE USE OF THE RASP. THE 

 FLAT SHOE. EXPANSION OF THE HORSe's FOOT. CLARK's TREA- 

 TISE. PREJUDICE AGAINST IMPROVEMENTS. THE EARL OF PEM- 

 BROKE. UNSHOD HORSES. MANAGEMENT OF THE HOOFS. DE- 

 FECTIVE SHOES. Clark's shoe. 



In the i8th century, when veterinary schools were 

 established in France, treatises on shoeing were abund- 

 antly multiplied. With ' L'Ecole de Cavalerie ' of La 

 Gueriniere (1733), 'La Parfaite Connaissance des Che- 

 vaux' of Saunier (1734), ' Le Nouveau Parfait Marechal' 

 of Garsault (1755), and others, appears the ' Nouvelle 

 Pratique de Ferrer les Chevaux de Selle et de Carosse' 

 (Paris, 1756) of Lafosse ' (Marechal des Petites Ecuries 



' This excellent essay was translated into English by Braken (who 



