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merit. Especially will this be so if the lateral cartilages 

 have become ossified. Neither may we look for much 

 benefit from treatment if the contraction has occurred in 

 animals with an oblique foot axis and flat hoofs. 



On the other hand, if the case is comparatively recent, if 

 the limb is straight and the form of the hoof is upright, 

 and if matters are uncomplicated by side- bones, or other 

 serious alteration in the internal structures, then treatment 

 may be rewarded with some measure of success. 



Treatment. — The greater part of the treatment of con- 

 tracted foot will almost suggest itself as a corollary of the 



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Fig. 63.— Tip Shoe. 



The dotted portions represent the length of the branches removed. 



causes we have enumerated. The normal width of the 

 heels may be renewed, and development of the wasted frog 

 brought about by one of three methods : 



1. By restoring the pressure from below to the frog. 



2. By the use of an expansion shoe. 



3. By operative measures upon the horn of the wall. 



1. By Restoring the Pressure from Beloic to the Frog. 



This may be accomplished as follows : 



(a) By Shoeing ivith Tips. — This method is advocated by 

 Percival, by A. A. Holcombe, D.Y.S., Inspector, Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, U.S.A., by Dollar in his work on horse- 

 shoeing, and by many others. 



Though requiring more care than in fitting the ordinary 



