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DISEASES OF THE HORSE'S FOOT 



warrants the extra trouble, much may be done with a 

 medium-sized cask of water placed somewhere over the 

 animal, and the rubber tubing connected with that. 



Where the dressing is desired to be kept applied to the 

 sole and frog only, there is no method more satisfactory 

 than the shoe with plates. 



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Fig. 55. — The Shoe with Plates. 



A, The plates in position ; B, the plates separated from the shoe. 



The plates are of metal, preferably of thin sheet iron 

 or zinc, and are slipped between the upper surface of the 

 shoe and the foot after the manner shown in Fig. 55. The 

 plates themselves are shaped as depicted in Fig. 55, a, h, c, 

 a and b curved to meet the outlines of the shoe, and c 

 shaped so as to wedge tightly over the posterior ends of the 



Fig. 56. — The Quittor Syringe. 



side plates,' and between them and the shoe. A distinct 

 advantage of the plate method of dressing is that a certain 

 amount of pressure may be maintained on the sole and 

 frog, a very important consideration in connection with 

 some of the diseases with which we shall later deal. 



When dealing with sinuous wounds of the foot, another 



