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bone, it is a g-enuine case of diseased coffin-bone, and there 

 is no cure for it. As soon as the foot assumes the condi- 

 tions shown herewith, the quicker 3^ou l^ill tlie old horse 

 the quiclver you will give him relief. 



Fig. 52.— Back View of a Diseased Coffin-Bone. 



BACK VIEW OF A DISEASED COFFIN-BONE. 



Fig-. 52 shows a back view of a diseased coffin-bone. All 

 the relief which can be given to a horse thus afflicted is to 

 shoe him as near level as possible, raising" the heel-calks 

 and letting" the shoe extend out say an inch-and-a-half or 

 two inches back of the foot. 



Fig-. 53 shows a back view of the near front foot of the 

 same horse. Fig-. 52 being the otf front foot. Fig-. 53 also 



