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CHAPTER 11. 



OF SHOEING.* 



30. Having now very briefly, but, it is hoped with Practice of 

 sufficient detail, considered the structure of the foot, 



and thereby gained some knowledge of the broad 

 principles, which govern the theory, we pass on 

 to the consideration of the practice of shoeing. 



31. The first operation is the removal of the old Removal 



^ of the old 



shoes. The clenches should be carefully raised shoes, 

 without injury to the crust, and then each nail 

 separately drawn. Much damage is frequently done 

 to the crust by neglect of these simple precau- 

 tions. It takes very little time or trouble to remove 

 an old shoe properly, and there is really no excuse 

 for the hurried and violent manner in which this 

 simple operation is too often performed. 



32. The width of the shoe must be exactly that of width of 



•^ the shoe. 



the weight-bearing structure of the foot. The width 



* The plates intended to illustrate this portion of the subject, 

 are numbered 3, 4, and 5, and will be found at the end. 



