CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V 

 General Remarks on Operations on the Foot 



A. Methods of Restraint 



B. Instruments required 



C. The Application of Dressings 



D. Plantar Neurectomy 



History of the Operation 

 Preparation of the Subject 

 The Operation . 

 After-treatment . 



E. Median Neurectomy 



F. Length of Rest after Neurectomy 



G. Sequelae of Neurectomy 



LiabiUty of Pricked Foot going undetected 



Loss of Tone in the Non-sensitive Area 



Gelatinous Degeneration 



Chronic G^Idema of the Leg 



Persistent Pruritus 



Fracture of the Bones . 



Neuroma 



Reunion of the Divided Nerve 



The Existence of an Adventitious Nerve-supply 



Stumbling 

 H. Advantages of the Operation 

 I. The Use of the Horse that has undergone Neurectomy 



CHAPTER VI 



Faulty Conformation 



A. Weak Heels .... 



B. Contracted Foot .... 



(a) Contracted Heels 



(b) Local or Coronary Contraction 



C. Plat-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 Unecjual Sides 

 (b) The Curved Hoof 



