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in all instances worse than useless in the treatment of any form of navicular 

 disease. In ordinary chronic cases of navicular, if the animal can be rested 

 for six months, he should be frog-setoned and then turned out to grass. 

 Blistering may be adopted instead of frog-setoning. If he cannot be rested 

 or if the disease is not so marked as to necessitate cessation from work, it 

 is best to have the animal lightly shod, and to apply swabs moistened with 

 cold water. The work should be gentle. Hacking is the most suitable of 

 ^11 kinds of work. 



The heels should be rasped down a little. Half-moon shoes as 

 i-epresented, may be applied, or we may adopt the Charlier method of 

 shoeing. We append a representation of this method of shoeing from M. 

 jSignol's " Aide-mdmoire du Vctcrinaire." 



Veterinarians have devised many forms of shoe for the alleviation of 

 -chronic navicular disease. We append two of these, but we cannot speak of 

 their value, as we have no experience of their efficacy in preventing the foot 

 /rem becoming contracted. 



