CONTENTS. IX 



Paste 



The precursor to navicular lameness .'33 



Importance of remedial measures to this antecedent complaint . . 34 

 Cart-horses and horses of peculiar conformation and action almost 



exempt from contraction 35 



Exemption from contraction, the reasons explained 35 



Specific directions for opening' the foot 36 



Abstraction of blood from the lame foot till the heart sympathizes 37 



Excision of the inside quarter of the crust 37 



Laxative medicine 38 



Repetition of bloodletting 39 



A loose stable with a saw-dust floor 40 



Replacement or depression of the cofBn and navicular bones ... 41 



On blistering 42 



Setoning, &c 42 



On Symptoms 43 



Symptoms, difficult of description 44 



Pointing of the feet not well understood by the public 45 



False pointing, some horses conceal the act 46 



Direct pointing 47 



Importance of accurately comparing the lame foot with the sound 



one as to the exterior 48 



Navicular joint disease at its commencement admitting of an easy 



and certain cure 49 



On copious bleedings locally 50 



Detrusion of the coffin and navicular bones 51 



Liability of this disease to return upon the animal l)eing subjected 



to long intervals of confinement in a stall 52 



Circumstances under which a cure will be the most certain .... 52 



Chronic cases in some instances utterly hopeless 53 



On neurotomy 54 



On shoeing 55 



Baneful influence of the nails 56 



PAPER III. 



IMPROVED METHOD OF SHOEING. 



Case of contraction cured during exposure to hard and quick 



work on hard roads 57 



Necessity of the repetition of means of cure every three weeks . . 58 



