12 CONTENTS. 



PART III. 

 CHAPTER VII. 



GENERAL REMARKS CONCERNING THE SHOEING OF DEFECTIVE HOOFS AND LAME 

 HORSES. 



General Remarks 161-165 



Classification of Diseases of the Hoof 165 



C H A P T E R V I I I. 



inflammations of the pododerm (pododermatitis). 



1. Nailing 166 



2. Street-Nail 170 



3. Calk-Wounds of the Coronet 173 



4. Corns 174 



5. Inflammation of the Heels 176 



6. Laminitis (Founder) 177 



7. Keraphyllocele (Horn Tumor) 181 



CHAPTER IX. 



defects of the hoof. 



A. Changes of Form 182 



1. The Flat and the Full Hoof 182 



2. The Upright or Stumpy Hoof 184 



3. The Contracted Hoof 185 



(a) The Contraction of Wide Hoofs 189 



(6) Contraction of the Sole 189 



4. The Wry Hoof 190 



5. The Crooked Hoof 192 



6. Ossification of the Lateral Cartilage (Side-Bone) . . . 194 



B. Distiirbances of Continuity of Hoof 195 



1. Cracks 195 



2. Clefts 203 



3. Loose Wall 204 



4. Hollow Wall 205 



5. Thrush of the Frog 206 



CHAPTER X. 



shoeing mules, asses, and oxen. 



1. The Shoeing of Mules and Asses 207 



2. The Shoeing of Oxen 207 



