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CHAPTER III. 



OP THE DISEASES AND MALFORMATIONS 

 OF THE FEET. 



In the preceding chapter the general principles 

 which ought to regulate the practice of shoeing 

 have been laid down. 



In the present chapter we shall treat of the 

 more ordinary diseases and malformations of the 

 feet, so far as they are connected with shoeing. 



66. When the sensitive sole is iniured bv a Punctures 



. . . . "^ •' of the sole, 



puncture or bruise, inflammation is necessarily set pricking, 

 up in it. The inflammation, unless when very ingup 

 trivial, produces a secretion of pus, or what is 

 commonly called matter. 



The pus, which forms in the internal structure, 

 must have an exit. The processes of suppuration 

 and ulceration are the means by which nature 

 provides an «xit for such secretions. These pro- 

 cesses, however, can only take place in organized 



