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CHAPTER XIII. 



MODERN FARRIERY IN FRANCE. PODOMETRIC SHOEING. THE ' FER- 

 RURE A FROID ' AND ' FERRURE A CHAUD.' CONFLICTING EVI- 

 DENCE. EVILS OF COLD FITTING. SUMMARY OF ADVANTAGES 

 AND DISADVANTAGES OF HOT AND COLD FITTING. INTERESTING 

 EXPERIMENTS. CONCLUSIONS. NEW INVENTIONS. SANFAROUCHE. 

 ANTI-SLIPPING SHOES. THE ' FERRURE WATRIN.' NAUDIN AND 

 benjamin's METHODS. MACHINE-MADE SHOES IN FRANCE. THE 

 ' PERIPLANTAIRE ' OR ' CHARLIER ' METHOD OF SHOEING. ITS 

 DESCRIPTION. M. CHARLIEr's ACCOUNT. PRACTICE OF SHOEING. 

 TOOLS AND FABRICATION OF THE SHOE. ITS APPLICATION. DIS- 

 CUSSIONS. MODIFICATIONS AND RESULTS. SHOEING IN ENGLAND. 

 THE LATEST NOVELTY. THE TRANSATLANTIC ' INVENTION.' ITS 

 ADMIRERS AND SUCCESS. STEEL-FACED SHOES. 



In France, where veterinary science has flourished, 

 and has been productive of most beneficial results, many 

 excellent works on farriery have appeared during the cen- 

 tury. Chief among them may be mentioned those of 

 Girard,' Gohier," Jauze,^ Bouley,^ Rey,^ Merche,^ Meg- 



' Traite du Pied. Paris, 1813. 



• Tableau Synoptique. Lyons, 1820. 



^ Cours de Marechalerie Veterinaire. Paris, 1827. 



♦ Traite de I'Organisation du Pied du Cheval. Paris, 1851. Also 

 the article ' Ferrure,' in the Nouveau Dictionnaire Pratique, etc., Vete- 

 rinaires. Paris, 1858. 



5 Traite de Marechalerie Veterinaire. Lyons, 1852, 

 Memoire sur les Principaux Systemes de Ferrure. Paris, 1862. 



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