CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V. 



page: 

 GENERAL REMARKS ON OPERATIONS ON THE FOOT 77 



A. 



B. 

 C. 



D. 



E. 

 F. 

 G. 



Methods of Restraint . 

 Instruments required . 

 The Application of Dressings 

 Plantar Neurectomy . 



History of the Operation 



Preparation of the Subject 



The Operation 



After-treatment 

 Median Neurectomy 

 Length of Rest after Neurectomy 

 Sequela- of Neurectomy 



Liability of Pricked Foot going undetected 



Loss of Tone in the Non-sensitive Area 



Gelatinous Degeneration . 



Chronic (Edema of the Leg . 



Persistent Pruritus 



Fracture of the Bones 



Neuroma ...... 



Reunion of the Divided Nerve. 



The Existence of an Adventitious Nerve-supply 



Stumbling .... 



Advantages of the Operation 

 The Use of the Horse that has undergone Neurectom\ 



CHAPTER VI. 

 FAULTY CONFORMATION 



A. Weak Heels 



B. Contracted Foot .... 



(a) Contracted Heels 



(b) Local or Coronary Contraction 



C. Flat-foot 



D. Pumiced-foot, Dropped Sole, or Convex Sole 



E. 'Ringed' or 'Ribbed' Hoof . 



F. The Hoof with Bad Horn . 



(a) The Brittle Hoof . 



(b) The Spongy Hoof . 



G. Club-Foot . . 

 H. The Crooked Foot 



(a) The Foot with Unequal Sides 

 (/;) The Curved Hoof . 



