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one or two to be found chiefly in Continental works on this 

 subject. 



The method of Gross consists in thinning down with a 

 rasp about 1^ inches of the horn of the wall immediately 

 below the coronet, the thinned portion extending from heel 

 to heel. The groove made is filled with basilicon ointment,* 

 and the coronet stimulated with a cantharides ointment. 

 In this way there is induced to grow from the coronet a new 

 wall of nearly normal dimensions. 



By other operators (Bayer, Imminger, Meyer, and 

 Gunther) this treatment has been modified by enlarging 

 upon it and removing the whole of the adventitious horn. 



Fig. 128. — The Shoe with Heel-clip. 



This is done by means of the drawing-knife and the rasp, 

 the ugly -looking pumiced foot being carefully cut and 

 trimmed until, so far as outward appearances are con- 

 cerned, it is perfectly normal. This done, the whole foot 

 is treated with a suitable hoof ointment, and a shoe applied 

 that affords protection to the sole without imposing pressure 

 upon it. The shoe indicated is either an ordinary shoe 

 with an unusually broad and well-seated web, or the seated 

 Eocker Bar of Broad. With either it is well to additionally 



* Basilicon ointment is made by heating together resin 8 parts, 

 beeswax 8 parts, olive oil 8 parts, and lard 6 parts. Allow to cool 

 without stirring. 



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