CHAP. I.] OF BISECTING THE PERFECT FOOT. 443 



groom, or shoeing-smith, to obtain a fresh hoof of 

 a horse which has died in comparative health, and 

 having softened it in warm water, proceed to make 

 a section thereof, in the same manner as is here 

 done, 



FIG. I. — SECTION OF THE FOOT. 



This portrait of a section of the healthy hoot 

 was taken from a freshly severed foot of a five-year 

 old horse, recently killed in full health. This 

 latter remark veterinary readers will know how to 

 appreciate, when comparing this with their own 

 preparations, which may have been derived (as 

 generally happens) from the anatomy of diseased 

 subjects, after the juice which should have supplied 

 fresh secretory matter has been long turned aside, 

 or converted to increase deformity. A fact that is 

 further illustrated at page 451. 



To the general observer, the foot of a horse 

 inclosed in its hoof would, indeed, seem like a 



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