452 



DISEASES OF THE HORSE'S FOOT 



Expansion and contraction of tlie 

 coronary edge of the wall, 65 

 of the hoof under the body- 

 weight, 62 

 of the solar edge of the wall, 65 

 of the sole, 66 

 Ex[>ansion shoe, Broiie's, 135 

 De Fay's, 133 

 Einsiedel's, 136 

 Hartniann's, 134 

 Smith's, 130 

 Exi)an3ion shoes in the treatment of 



contraction, 130 

 Extensor pedis tendon, the, 17 

 Extirpation of the lateral cartilage in 

 quittor, 351 

 of the lateral cartilage, after 



MoUer and Frick, 353 

 of the lateral cartilage after 

 Bayer, 355 

 Exudation in laminitis, 265 



False quarter, 245 



causes of, 246 



definition of, 245 



symptoms of, 245 



treatment of, 246 

 Faulty conformation, 115 



diseases arising from, 161 

 Feeding a cause of laminitis, 257 

 Flat-foot, 143 



causes of, 144 



definition of, 143 



symptoms of, 143 



treatment of, 145 

 Flexor pedis perforans tendon, the, 18 

 Flexor pedis perforatus tendon, the, 19 

 Foot, buttress, 395 

 Foot, changes in the internal struc- 

 tures in contraction of the, 120 

 Foot, contracted, 116 



causes of, 121 



definition of, 116 



prognosis of, 124 



symptoms of, 117 



treatment of, 125 

 Forced exercise in laminitis, 274 

 Fractures, 401 



Fractures of the hones after neurec- 

 tomy, 104 



of the navicular bone, 408 



of the OS coronfe, 402 



of the OS pedis, 407 

 Frog, the, 42 

 Functions of the lateral cartilages, 66 



Gangrene of the sensitive structures 

 in laminitis, 268 



Gathered nail. 207 



(Jelatinous defeneration after neurec- 

 tomy, 10 , 



I Grooving the wall in laminitis 

 I (Smith's operation), 278 



I in treatment of sand-crack, 178 



in treatment of side - bone 

 j (Smith's operation). 372 



I Gross's treatment of chronic laminitis, 

 i 291 

 j Growth of hoof, rate of, 69 



Gunther's treatment of chronic lamin- 

 I itis, 291 



Hartmann's expansion shoe, 134 

 Heels, weak, 115 

 causes of, 116 

 definition of, 115 

 I symptoms of, 115 



i treatment of, 116 



Heredity as a cause of navicular 

 ] disease, 433 



as a cause of side-bone, 370 

 ; Histology of horn, 58 

 1 History of canker, 306 

 I of navicular disease, 428 



I of neurectomy, 91 



Hind- feet, navicular disease in the, 



441 

 Hind-limb with the side-line, method 



of securing, 78, 79 

 Hoffmann's treatment of canker, 321 

 Hoof, the, 37 



accidental tearing ofl' of, 247 

 expansion and contraction of, 62 

 develo[)ment of, 44 

 rate of growth of, 69 

 Horn, chemical projaerties of, 58 



histology of, 58 

 Hufiederkitt, 148, 292 



Imminger's treatment for chronic 

 laminitis, 291 

 for canker, 321 

 ! Imm&bilizingasand-crack bygi'ooving 

 the wall, methods of, 178 

 Infection of the limb, septic, 271 

 Injections of cocaine as an aid to 



diagnosis in foot lameness 74 

 Interphalangeal articulation, the 

 first, 12 

 the second, 15 

 Instruments required in plantar 

 neurectomy, 96 

 in operations on the foot, 83 

 Irregular blood-supply to the bone 

 as a cause of navicular disease, 437 



Jolv's treatment of chronic laminitis, 



Koster's sand-crack clamp, 1 73 

 Keraphyllocele, 298 



causes of, 298 l 



