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ments with this system of shoeing, if it may be so named, 

 I have always found every particle of horn useful, and 

 never could discover that it caused any inconvenience. 



At first this important modification of the ordinary 

 mode of arming the hoof gave rise to very animated dis- 

 cussions. It was argued that it possessed very little novelty, 

 and that it was but a slight improvement, or otherwise, 

 on Lafosse's imbedded shoe. There is certainly not 

 much difference if one compares a section of the two 

 methods. Lafosse's we see in figure 197, and Charlier's 

 in figure 198. The shoe of the first-named veterinarian 



fig. 197 



fig. 193 



was lighter and narrower, and lay in a space between the 

 sole and crust ; whereas Charlier's shoe rested on the crust 

 alone, and was thicker, a trifle wider, and much heavier. 



Then grave doubts were entertained as to the amount 

 of injury likely to be inflicted by a rim of iron placed so 

 near the sensitive and vascular parts of the foot. To 

 imbed the thick shoe, so that a portion of the sole might 

 reach the ground, required the removal of so large a piece 

 of the crust, that the union between it and the sole was 

 seriously threatened ; the shoe being thicker than the 

 latter, it will be easily seen that to incrust it thoroughly 

 a most extensive chasm had to be made around the mar- 

 gin of the sole, whose attachment with the crust was 

 therefore greatly weakened. This objection appears to have 



