v. 



Contraction, or Lateral Pressure, the 



Cause of Corn 116 



.Treatment of Corn 116 



Concomitants of Contraction 117 



No Bar-Shoes Necessary for the Cure of 



Any Corn 117 



Suppurating Corn 117 



Nothing Like Expansion of the Quarters 



to Cure Corn 118 



Toe-Crack and Quarter-Crack— Etiology 



and Pathology n8 



Contractionists, and Non-Contractionists 119 

 Solid Proofs Wanted, Not Fallacious Ar- 

 guments ii 9 



The True Rationale of Quarter-Crack . . 120 



Centers of Rotation, or Motion 120 



Correlative Movements 121 



Rationale of Treatment 121 



A Sine Qua Non 142 



An Exploded Fallacy 122 



Quarter Before, Toe Behind 125 



The Cause, Par Excellence 123 



What to Do, What Not to Do 123 



False Quarter— Shelly Foot— Seedy Toe. 124 



False Quarter 12 . 



Treatment I2 c 



Shelly Foot I2 <= 



Treatment I2 c 



Seedy Toe— Special Characteristics 126 



General Treatment I27 



Grease - Scratches— Chapped Heels- 

 Thrush— Etiology and Pathology ... 128 



Fatty Follicles and Their Functions 128 



Crowding and Dwarfing the Tissues 128 



Difficult to Misunderstand 129 



The Machinery out of Gear 129 



Bad Enough at That ... = I3 o 



Treatment of Grease or Scratches 130 



Treatment of Thrush 13I 



The All-Important Adjunct i 3I 



Treatment of Canker i 31 



Some Cures Contrary to All Expectation i 3 i 



Atrophy of the Foot— Dry Rot i 33 



Contraction, Both Cause and Conse- 

 quence 133 



General Principles of Treatment i 33 



Accidental Injuries I33 



Calking the Instep 134 



Characteristics of Quittor 134 



A Remarkable Resemblance i 34 



The Most Powerful A djunct i 3S 



Tetanus or Locked-Jaw — Etiology and 



Pathology I35 



Mysterious Intertransmutations of Disease 136 



Ml 



Facts of Pathology 137 



Concurrent, or Predisposing Causes 137 



Invaluable Adjunctive Measure 138 



Stringhalt— A Mysterious Malady 139 



Notes and Queries i 4<J 



Peculiar Mechanism of the Hock- Joint. . 140 

 Does Stringhalt Constitute Unsoundness ? 141 



Professor Spooner's Hypothesis 141 



Percival's Opinion 142 



Microscopical Research 14* 



Professor Spooner's Final Judgment 142 



Physiological Attribute of the Hock- 

 Joint 



Busteed's Belief 



Professor Spooner's Strictures 14- 



Dr. Busteed's Claim as a Discoverer 144 



Experimental Facts i 44 



A Curious Coincidence 144 



The Writer's Suggestion 145 



Summarized Statement of Author's The- 

 ory i 47 



Summary of Changes i 47 



Incipient Contraction j 47 



Advanced Contraction i 47 



Ossification of Lateral Cartilages i 4 7 



Laminitis I4 7 



Drop-Sole, or Pumiced Foot i 4 7 



Navicular Disease i 4 8 



Ringbone. , I4 8 



Corns I4 8 



Quark-Crack j 4 8 



Toe-Crack l4 s 



False Quarrer j 49 



Shelly-Foot I49 



Seedy-Toe I49 



Scratches I49 



Thrush of the Frog, i 49 



Canker of the Sole i 49 



General Atrophy of the Foot i 49 



Accidental Injuries i 49 



Treads 



Bruises 



Injuries from Calking i 49 



Quittors I49 



Suppurating Corns i 49 



Picking Up Nails .., i 49 



Injuries Connected With Shoeing i 49 



Constitutional Complaints i 49 



Tetanus, or Locked Jaw i 49 



Pneumonia I49 



Pleurisy I49 



Gastritis I49 



Enteritis 



149 

 i4 9 



Gastro-Enteritis , j 



149 



49 



