CONCLUSION. 



Such a theory, and such a treatise as this book presents, 

 Professor Gamgee declared, ten years ago, had not then 

 appeared " in either the earlier or later times." 



The Theory, as I have placed it before the reader, is the 

 necessary sequence of the practical measures that accompany 

 it. It is the result of a large number of operations upon every 

 description of foot, and every variety of the foot-affections of 

 horses. It is based upon no isolated cases, but an accumu- 

 lation of facts ; facts of practice, experience, and demonstration. 



There is nothing far-fetched, or unreasonably conjectural 

 about this theory. It meets every requirement. It is simple, 

 intelligible, and demonstrable. 



It is in harmony with the facts of practice, and each is the 

 complement of the other. What more is needed ? 



I found the practical measure a rough-and-ready one of very 

 limited application, and it has revealed pathologicol secrets to 

 my apprehension, which, as far as I am aware, have been 

 vouchsafed to no other. I now regard it as the key to a science* 

 the true nature of which, when it becomes sufficiently under- 

 stood, and generally applied, will constitute a boon of no mean 

 order to the equine race itself, and will, I verily believe, en- 

 . hance in an eminent degree, the value of its services in the 

 general interests of mankind. 



